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The existing literature ignores the fact that in most European countries the strictness of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) varies across the firm size distribution. In Italy firms are obliged to rehire an unfairly dismissed worker only if they employ more than 15 employees. Theoretically

Many government agencies are involved in consumer protection legislation. The research summarized here seems to indicate their communication of this legislation to the consumer has been "not very effective. " Although a large percentage of the respondents were aware of the efforts

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legislation in force, which is relevant to the non-destructive testing sector. Furthermore, it will present trends and developments in the radiological protection situation of workers in this industrial sector and will provide information on initiatives of the European Commission aimed at improving

. Issues for further research into the links between consumer protection legislation and destination competitiveness are discussed.

The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is ambiguous, and empirical evidence has thus far been inconclusive. EPL increases job security and the greater enforceability of job contracts may increase worker investment in innovative

under Wage Rigidity We consider the effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) to incentives of workers and the labor market with search friction under wage rigidity. Two types of EPL are concerned: severance pay and procedural inconvenience. The former is just transfer, but the latter

Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) imposes …ring costs for per-manent workers and restricts the use of temporary employment. While the e¤ects of these regulations on employment and unemployment have been studied, nothing is known empirically about their welfare e¤ects. This paper presents

This paper investigates the effects of employment protection legislation on the rates of worker flows, job reallocation, and churning flows by examining the case of Taiwan. Our study’s empirical identification takes advantage of the natural experiment created by Taiwan’s enactment of Labor