Setting the scene

• the legal system and sources of law
• cultural implications
• posted workers
• the Rome Convention.

Beginning employment

• offering employment
• types of employment
• recruiting within local law
• formulating terms and conditions.

During employment

• handling absence
• ill health, family-related leave
• health and safety issues
• discrimination and equal treatment issues
• communications within the workplace
• grievance procedures
• dismissal.

After employment

• what can employees claim?
• where can they seek redress?
• what sanctions are available?
• how much will it cost?