Fixed-term contracts are renewable. The period of notice for blue-collar workers is determined by collective agreement. For white-collar workers it is between 77 days and 6 months. The redundancy pay is up to 13 weeks' pay. Rights and obligations of the parties are enforceable mainly through the courts.
General legislation deals with freedom of organisation.
Continuing training is mainly channelled through training leave that is financed by public funds and provided by companies in form of in-house continuing education. Contribution by companies and additional funding sources were specified in recent sectoral agreements. There are no statutory works councils or rules for employee representation . However, a framework agreement allows for co-operative committees and these have been established in nearly all businesses with more than 35 employees. These committees have a right to comprehensive information, consultation and co-determination.