Notice Period by Country — Cross-Border Comparison

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This table compares the statutory notice period an employer must give when dismissing a permanent employee across several European markets, shown in calendar days at 1, 5 and 10 years of service. The figures come from TrendBite's notice-period calculators, each checked against the national labour code. Periods set in months are shown at 30 days per month.

As of September 2026, the longest one-year notice is in Czechia and Slovakia (60 days) and the shortest in Serbia (8 days) — a 52-day gap.

#160 daysCzechiaNotice at 1 year (days)
#108 daysSerbiaNotice at 1 year (days)
#330 daysBulgariaNotice at 1 year (days)
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Czechia60 daysSlovakia60 daysBulgaria30 daysGreece30 daysCroatia30 daysPoland30 daysSlovenia30 daysRomania28 daysSpain15 daysSerbia8 days
#Notice at 1 year (days)Notice at 5 years (days)Notice at 10 years (days)
1Czechia606060
2Slovakia606060
3Bulgaria303030
4Greece3090120
5Croatia306074
6Poland309090
7Slovenia304050
8Romania282828
9Spain151515
10Serbia888

Methodology

Figures come from TrendBite's notice-period calculator pages, each verified against the national labour code linked in every row. Values are the statutory minimum notice an employer must give when dismissing a permanent employee on standard grounds, expressed in calendar days; statutory periods stated in months are converted at 30 days per month. Protective periods, probation and collective-agreement enhancements are not included. No currency conversion applies — every figure is a duration. Romania's labour code counts the dismissal notice in working days (20 working days); it is converted here to calendar days at seven days per five-day working week (28 calendar days), and the real span shifts with the weekday the notice starts on and grows further when a public holiday falls on a weekday inside it. For Serbia, the figure is the statutory minimum employer notice of 8 days, set by the employer's general act and not scaled by length of service.

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