European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
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Collective redundancy is a reduction in the number of employees where the number of employees to be made redundant within a 30-day period is:
The calculation of the number of employees to be made redundant should take into account those cases of employment termination in which the employer has not given notice of termination of the employment contract but the employment relation has been terminated by the employer on grounds not related to the conduct or abilities of the employee.
The provisions of the labour law regarding collective redundancy do not apply to employees employed in state administrative institutions.
Following the amendments to labour law valid from 16 August 2017, crews of sea-going ships are included in the regulation on collective redundancy.
No information available.
Eurofound (2015), Latvia: Definition of collective dismissal, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/definition-of-collective-dismissal/latvia
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