OECD Indicators of Employment Protection 2013

July 2020 - The EPL Indicators have been updated - The new version is available here

The OECD indicators of employment protection legislation measure the procedures and costs involved in dismissing individuals or groups of workers and the procedures involved in hiring workers on fixed-term or temporary work agency contracts.

The indicators have been compiled using the Secretariat’s own reading of statutory laws, collective bargaining agreements and case law as well as contributions from officials from OECD member countries and advice from country experts.

It is important to note that employment protection refers to only one dimension of the complex set of factors that influence labour market flexibility. For information on other labour market policies and institutions in OECD countries, see the OECD Employment Database.‌‌

detailed information on employMent protection by country in 2013

The description of employment protection in all countries classified with respect to each of the 21 detailed items is reported in the detailed description of employment protection legislation in countries with available data, 2012-13

For a description of employment protection in individual countries, click on the links below.

>> OECD countries

>> Non-OECD Latin American & Carribean countries*	>> Other non-OECD countries and territories
Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bolivia Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Dominican Republic Uruguay Venezuela	Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina China Croatia FYR of Macedonia India Indonesia Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Malaysia Montenegro Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia South Africa Thailand Tunisia
*Indicators for these countries have been constructed within a cooperation project between with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and are drawn from the OECD-IDB database on summary indicators of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) in Latin American and the Caribbean . Indicators for other countries are under full responsibility of the OECD Secretariat. This document is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.

RELATED documents

July 2013: "Protecting jobs, enhancing flexibility: A new look at employment protection legislation", Chapter 2 of the 2013 Edtion of the OECD Employment Outlook
This chapter presents a review of Employment Protection Legislation for 34 OECD countries and 9 emerging economies (including all G20 countries), with a special focus on reforms undertaken between 2008 and 2013. It also presents updated estimates of the OECD employment protection indicators to cover, for most countries, the legislation in force on January 1^st 2013. It also provides evidence on the enforcement of EP rules through courts and dispute resolution procedures.
"Non-regular employment, job security and the labour market divide", Chapter 4 of the 2014 Edition of the OECD Employment Outlook (September 2014).
Details on the methodology used to compile the OECD indicators of employment protection

OECD Employment protection indicators published in 2013 (excel)

OECD Employment protection indicators published in 2009 (excel)
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OECD Indicators of Employment Protection 2013

July 2020 - The EPL Indicators have been updated - The new version is available here