Difficulty of hiring index
Rigidity of hours index
Difficulty of redundancy index
Redundancy cost
6.4
14.1
0.0
23.1
7.8
6.7
4.3
2.7
0.0
8.7
0.0
n.a.
23.1
13.0
20.8
0.0
9.3
46.2
23.1
23.1
4.3
69.3
23.1
4.3
0.0
13.0
4.3
n.a.
0.0
5.3
4.3
8.7
8.7
4.3
0.0
Yes
0.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No 10.0
Yes
No
No Yes
No
No
No
13.0
Yes
No No
No
No
No
No
No
18.0
No Yes
No
No
Yes
100 No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
0.0
0 0 Yes
18.0
21.0
No No No No Yes No n.a. Yes Yes Yes
No
Yes
0 100
No
No
No No No No No No n.a. No No No
Yes Yes
Yes
No
6 6 0
No
No
No No No No No No n.a. No Yes Yes
No Yes
No
0
Yes 6 0 100
0 20
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
0
0.24 Yes 6 5.5
21.0
26.0
15.0
Yes
No
15.0
0.0
No
19.3
28.0
No
13.0
No
No
18.0
No
No
30.0
Yes Yes
No
6
0.47
No
Yes
No No No No Yes No Yes No
No
Yes
24.0
No
Yes
115.9
0.03
50
100
No
Yes
22.0
No
Yes
550.6
0.34 0
0 0
150
No
n.a.
0.00
2.9
6 0
100
0
100
30
100
No
No
0.00
No limit
122.5 Yes 6 6
0
0
No No
n.a.
0.0
No limit
0.00 Yes
50
50
15
0
100
50
75
4
30
0
No
0.0
Yes
No limit 0.0
Yes 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
6
5.5
n.a.
No limit
No
No limit 0.34
Yes
0.21
Yes
1,655.0
0.64
Yes
1,242.6
0.20
Yes
Yes
254.0
0.37
Yes
Yes
303.5
0.00
Yes
0.21
49.9
0.46
Yes
0.18
0.0
0.52
29.0
74.9
1.09
294.1
91.5
No
No limit
Yes
No limit
No limit
74.9
n.a.
No
No
No limit
No limit
No
No
No
48
No
60
No limit
No
Yes
24
No limit
Yes No
72
Yes No
No
No limit
24
No
No
No
Yes
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (weeks of salary) e
Yes
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (weeks of salary) e Yes
Priority rules for reemployment?
No
Priority rules for redundancies?
Yes
Retraining or reassignment? f
No
Third-party approval if 9 workers are dismissed?
No
Third-party notification if 9 workers are dismissed?
No
Third-party approval if 1 worker is dismissed?
No
Third-party notification if 1 worker is dismissed?
No
Dismissal due to redundancy allowed by law?
No
Paid annual leave (working days) e
No
Major restrictions on weekly holiday work? d
No
Major restrictions on night work? d
No
Premium for work on weekly rest day (% of hourly pay) d
No
Premium for night work (% of hourly pay) d
No
Maximum working days per week
Yes
50-hour workweek allowed? c
No
Ratio of minimum wage to value added per worker
Yes
Minimum wage for a 19-year-old worker or an apprentice (US$/month) b
Employing workers data
Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, RB g Vietnam
Yemen, Rep.
West Bank and Gaza
Zambia
Maximum length of fixed-term contracts (months) a
a. Including renewals. b. Economies for which 0.0 is shown have no minimum wage. c. For 2 months a year in case of a seasonal increase in production. d. In case of continuous operations. e. Average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure. f. Whether compulsory before redundancy. g. Some questions are not applicable (“n.a.”) for economies where dismissal due to redundancy is not allowed. Source: Doing Business database.
Zimbabwe
Fixed-term contracts prohibited for permanent tasks?
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