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Each country has its own specifics. Find out useful information about the labor market in the country where you plan to go to work.

ALBANIA

Minimum salary: 213.45 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 21 days/year

Helpline anti-traffick116 006

Information for displaced persons arriving from Ukraine

 

AUSTRIA

Minimum salary: not regulated by law
Working time: maximum 12 hours/day
Paid leave: 25 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 minutes per 6 hours worked

Anti-Trafficking Helpline: + 43 1-796 92 98

Anti-trafficking website: www.lefoe.at

Public Employment Service Austria

BELGIUM

Minimum salary: 1625.72 euros/month gross
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 20 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: one break every 6 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline:

PAG-ASA + 32 2 511 64 64
Payoke +32 3 201 16 90

Anti-trafficking website: www.unia.be/nl

https://www.actiris.brussels/en/citizens/ 

BULGARY

Minimum salary: approx. 286 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 20 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: min. 30 minutes for lunch

Helpline anti-traffick: +359 0800 20 100

Employment agency 

 

CROATIA

Minimum salary: approx. 505 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 20 days/year
Guaranteed daily breaks: 30 min for lunch break

Anti-trafficking helpline: +385 0800 77 99

Services for unemployed persons and employers

CYPRUS

Minimum salary: 870 eur/month
Standard working time: 8 hours/day
Paid Vacation: 20 days
Guaranteed breaks: lunch/siesta 14.00-17.00

Anti-trafficking helpline: + 357 99 42 89 52

CZECH REPUBLIC

Minimum salary: approx. 517 eur/hour
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid Vacation: 20 days
Guaranteed breaks: lunch break, not included in working hours

Anti-trafficking helpline: +420 222 71 71 71

Anti-trafficking website: www.strada.cz/en/

DENMARK

Minimum salary: not regulated by law
Working hours: maximum 48 hours/week, including overtime
Paid Vacation: 25 days
Guaranteed breaks: one break every 6 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline: + 45 70 20 25 50

Anti-trafficking website: www.centermodmenneskehandel.dk

The Danish Labor Market and Recruitment Agency

 

ESTONIA

Minimum salary: 584 eur/month gross
Standard working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 28 calendar days/year
Guaranteed breaks: between 30 min and 1 h

Anti-trafficking helpline: +372 66 07 320

SWITZERLAND

Minimum salary: not regulated by law
Working time: 45 hours/week
Paid Vacation: 4 weeks/year
Guaranteed breaks: lunch break

Anti-trafficking helpline: +41 79 477 80 97

FINLAND

Minimum salary: not regulated by law
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 25 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 minutes for lunch break

Anti-Trafficking Helpline: +358 71 876 3170

Anti-trafficking website: www.ihmiskauppa.fi

FRANCE

Minimum salary: 1539 euros/month gross
Working time: 35 hours/week, maximum 10 hours/day
Paid leave: 25 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 20 min per 6 hours worked

Anti-Trafficking Helpline: 0 825 009 907

Anti-trafficking website: www.acse-alc.org/en

GERMANY

Minimum salary: 1584 euros/month gross
Working time: 7 or 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 24 working days
Guaranteed breaks: 30 min for 6 hours worked, 45 min for 9 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline:

+49 157 53 33 35 15 (Berlin)
+49 176 57 21 65 54 (Hamburg)
08000 116 016 (violence against women)

GREECE

Minimum salary: 650 euros/month gross
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid Vacation: 20 days
Guaranteed breaks: lunch break

Anti-trafficking helpline: 1109

Anti-trafficking website: www.1109.gr/eng/

ITALY

Minimum salary: not regulated by law
Working time: 40 hours/week
Paid leave: to be determined together with the employer

Anti-trafficking helpline: 800 290 290

Anti-trafficking website: www.osservatoriointerventitratta.it

IRELAND

Minimum salary: 10.10 euros/hour
Working time: maximum 48 hours/week
Paid Vacation: 4 weeks/year
Guaranteed breaks: 15 min per 4.5 hours worked

Anti-Trafficking Helpline: 1 800 666 111 or 999

Anti-trafficking website: www.blueblindfold.gov.ie

ICELAND

Minimum salary: 9.8 eur/hour
Working time: maximum 48 hours/week
Paid leave: 24 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 15 min per 6 hours worked

LUXEMBOURG

Minimum salary: 2141.99 euros/month
Working time: 40 hours/week
Paid leave: 26 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: one break every 6 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline:

+352 49 97 62 10 (Grand-Ducal Police)
+352 49 97 23 41 (National Intervention Centre)

LITHUANIA

Minimum salary: 607 euros/month
Working time: 40 hours/week
Paid leave: 20 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 min per 6 hours worked
Anti-trafficking helpline: 88 00 66 366

LATVIA

Minimum salary: 430 euros/month
Working time: 40 hours/week
Paid Vacation: 4 weeks/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 min per 6 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline: 80 00 20 12

MALTA

Minimum salary: 777.1 eur/month
Working time: 40 hours/week
Paid leave: 216 hours/year
Guaranteed breaks: 15 min per 6 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline: +356 22 94 20 00

UK

The minimum wage is calculated per hour:

for those over 25 the minimum wage is £8.72/hour
for those aged between 21 and 24 the minimum wage is £8.20/hour
for those aged between 18 and 20 the minimum wage is £6.45/hour
for those under 18 the minimum wage is £4.55/hour
the minimum wage for apprentices, “apprentice rate” is £4.15/hour

Working hours: including overtime, cannot exceed 48 hours per week (7 days) averaged over a 17-week reference period.

 

Paid holiday: 28 days (for a 5-day work week)

Guaranteed breaks: minimum 20 uninterrupted minutes, if working more than 6 hours/day. The employer may not pay the break. Pay attention to what is stipulated in the contract.

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Work Helpline: 0800 917 2368 (Pay & Work Rights Helpline)

Legal mediation helpline: 0300 123 1100 (Legal mediation: ACAS – Helpline)

Workplace abuse helpline: 0800 432 0804 | intelligence@glaa.gsi.gov.uk (Gangmasters and Labor Abuse Authority (GLAA) to report concerns about the mistreatment of workers)

Anti-Trafficking Helpline: 08000 121 700

Anti-trafficking website: www.modernslaveryhelpline.org

NORWAY

Minimum salary: 19 euros/hour in construction or 15.7 euros/hour in hotels
Working time: 40 hours/week
Paid leave: minimum 25 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 min per 5.5 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline: +47 2800

NETHERLANDS

Minimum salary: 1680 euros/month
Working time: 40 hours/week
Paid leave: minimum 20 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 min per 5.5 hours worked

Anti-Trafficking Helpline: +31 33 4481186

Anti-trafficking website: www.comensha.nl

PORTUGAL

Minimum salary: 740.83 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: minimum 22 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: 1 hour for every 6 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline: 800 202 148

POLAND

Minimum salary: 610.79 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: minimum 20 days/year
Paid leave: 15 min per 6 hours worked

Anti-trafficking helpline: +48 22 628 01 20

ROMANIA

Minimum salary: 466.26 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid leave: 20 days/year
Guaranteed breaks: a lunch break according to the employment contract

Anti-trafficking helpline: 0 800 800 678

SLOVENIA

Minimum salary: 940.58 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid Vacation: 4 weeks/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 minutes lunch break, not included in working time

Anti-trafficking helpline: 080 17 22

SLOVAKIA

Minimum salary: 580 euros/month
Working time: 8 hours/day
Paid Vacation: 4 weeks/year
Guaranteed breaks: 30 minutes lunch break, not included in working time

Anti-Trafficking Helpline: +421 903 704 784

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