Comparison guides by country
The same legal question answered country by country, from the statute text itself. Each guide quotes the law, links the official source and can be downloaded as CSV.
Employment law
- Adoption leave by country
- Equal treatment of temporary agency workers, by country
- Breastfeeding breaks at work, by country
- Leave to care for a sick relative, by country
- Carrying over unused holiday, by country
- Collective redundancy: thresholds and procedure, by country
- Reasonable accommodation for disabled workers, by country
- Deadline to bring a discrimination claim, by country
- Compensation for workplace discrimination by country
- Can you be dismissed while on sick leave, by country
- Right to a reference or work certificate, by country
- Ending a fixed-term contract early, by country
- Equal pay law by country
- Deadline for your final pay, by country
- Limits on fixed-term contracts, by country
- How holiday pay is calculated, by country
- Time off to look for a new job during the notice period, by country
- Maternity leave by country
- Maximum hours in a working day by country
- Maximum weekly working hours by country
- When notice periods start and end, by country
- Statutory notice periods for dismissal, by country
- Parental leave by country
- Dismissal protection during parental leave, by country
- Equal treatment of part-time workers, by country
- Paternity and partner leave by country
- Pay transparency rights, by country
- What a payslip must show, by country
- Protection from dismissal during pregnancy
- Can an employer ask if you are pregnant? A comparison by country
- Paid time off for prenatal appointments
- Maximum probation period, by country
- Pay for working on a public holiday, by country
- Quitting a job without notice: when the statute allows it
- Statutory redundancy pay by country
- Minimum rest between work periods by country
- Mandatory retirement and age limits at work, by country
- Employer duties against sexual harassment, by country
- Falling ill during your holiday, by country
- Working on Sundays by country
- How long you must work before unfair dismissal protection applies, by country
- Payout of unused holiday when you leave, by country
- How often wages must be paid, by country
- Protection from retaliation for reporting wrongdoing at work, by country
- Who decides when you take your holiday, by country
- Written employment contract or statement of terms, by country
Renting and tenancy
- How much rent a landlord can ask upfront, by country
- What a tenant can do about a defect in a rented home, by country
- What a landlord can deduct from a rental deposit
- Interest on rental deposits and where they are held
- Deadline to return a rental deposit, by country
- Legal grounds for eviction of a tenant, by country
- What happens when a fixed-term lease ends, by country
- Minimum duration of a residential lease, by country
- Painting, cleaning and handing back the home when you move out, by country
- Paying off rent arrears to stop an eviction, by country
- When rent is due in a rented home, by country
- Limits on guarantors and rent guarantees, by country
- Maximum rental deposit by country
- Minimum standards a rental home must meet, by country
- Who pays for repairs in a rented home, by country
- Utilities and service charges in rentals, by country
- Subletting a rented home: consent required by law
- Notice a tenant must give to move out, by country
- Does a lease have to be in writing, by country
Consumer law
- Who must prove a defect, by country
- Cancelling digital downloads and apps, by country
- Conduct rules for door-to-door sellers, by country
- Cooling-off period for doorstep sales, by country
- Legal guarantee vs manufacturer warranty, by country
- Ending a contract online: the cancel or withdraw button, by country
- Cooling-off period for online purchases, by country
- Deadline for a refund after cancelling
- Repair, replacement or refund for faulty goods, by country
- Who pays return shipping after a withdrawal, by country
- Guarantee period on second-hand goods, by country
- Purchases with no right of withdrawal, by country
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