The distinctiveness of employment regulations in selected European Union countries

The aim of this thesis is to identify comparable factors of labour regulation influencing labour flexibility. That subsequently enables to determine the level of labour market flexibility in selected countries. Based on empirical research, labour legislations of four countries of European Union (Croatia, Ireland, Austria and Finland) are analyzed and discussed. This thesis tries to explain how higher levels of labour flexibility should, at the end help to the employers (labour market) and to the employees. To accomplish that, this thesis includes an extensive discussion of relevant formal and informal institutional factors influencing labour flexibility. Among most important are labour laws, regulations and collective agreements.