EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION AND ATYPICAL EMPLOYMENT

This paper analyse the employment protection legislation as labour market rigidity and its role in explaining different labour market evolutions in European Union countries over the last period, both before and during the economic crisis. There are substantial differences across countries in employment protection measures in terms of hiring and firing protection legislation and different forms of atypical employment. This paper aims to analyze in this context the labour market rigidities in Romania, focusing on employment protection legislation and atypical employment pursuing how they follow the trend of the European Union countries and their specific impact on the labour market.