Overview
- The Labour Ministry draft would expand fixed‑term contracts without an objective reason for hires through 31 December 2030, allowing up to four years in total and as many as six renewals.
- Proposed changes to the Working Hours Act would let bakeries and confectioneries keep staff longer on Sundays for producing and delivering same‑day goods and allow public libraries to staff Sundays and holidays for up to six hours.
- The bill would narrow dismissal protection for employees with annual pay near €180,000 by treating them like senior executives, a change experts say would affect roughly 0.27 percent of workers and allow separations via severance offers.
- A co‑determination measure targets perceived misuse of the European Company (SE) form by strengthening worker representation in certain large firms; the draft says five of six big SEs lack parity, affecting about 480,000 employees.
- The draft is now in inter‑ministerial review and is linked to a broader coalition reform package aimed at reviving a crisis‑hit economy, with ministers planning a cabinet debate in December and the government targeting entry into force in early 2027.