Employers will be required to inform and consult staff representatives in the case of collective redundancies, in written form, 30 days beforehand and to indicate the reasons and period of redundancies. A copy of the notification will be transmitted to the Employment Agency. The Cabinet approved a bill to amend the Labor Code in a move to transpose the EU Collective Redundancies Directive, IPN reports.

The Collective Redundancies Directive concerns the procedures and warnings that any employer is under a duty to its workforce to follow if it finds it necessary to make more than 20 employees over 90 days (or 10 to 30 employees depending on firm size over 30 days).

The law requires employers to initiate consultations with staff representatives and with employees to reduce the consequences of collective redundancies and to consider providing compensation or ensuring the possibility of re-qualification.