Bilingual employment contract

It depends on the country. Germany: the basic statutory notice period is four weeks, to the 15th or the end of a calendar month — BGB § 622 Abs. 1, as of 1993. Austria: for employer notice to salaried employees the base is six weeks, with a maximum of five months after 25 years of service — Angestelltengesetz (AngG) § 20 Abs 2, as of 2026. Cyprus: statutory minimum notice applies only after 26 weeks of continuous employment, starting at 1 week and rising to 8 weeks from 312 weeks of employment — Termination of Employment Law 24/1967 Article 9, as of 2026.

Within the EU, the parties can choose the applicable law — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I) Art. 3(1), as of 2009. The choice may not deprive the employee of the protection of the mandatory rules of the law that would otherwise apply — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I) Art. 8(1), as of 2009. Without a choice, the law of the country in or from which the employee habitually carries out the work applies — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I) Art. 8(2), as of 2009.

Austria: 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week as standard working time — Arbeitszeitgesetz (AZG) § 3, as of 2026. Portugal: at most 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week — Código do Trabalho art. 203.º, as of 2026. France: the statutory working week is 35 hours, and hours beyond it are overtime — Code du travail art. L3121-27, as of 2016. Spain: at most 40 hours a week as an annual average — Estatuto de los Trabajadores art. 34.1, as of 2015.

The document is divided into these sections: Role and start; Remuneration; Working hours and leave; Termination; Final provisions.

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