Part-time and occasional employment
Register with the TE Office as an unemployed jobseeker
If you work part-time or occasionally, read the brief instructions below first to get you well started.
Part-time work is a kind of work that is done in an employment relationship, where the working time agreed in the employment contract is no more than 80 % of the maximum working time of a full-time employee applicable in the field. Occasional work is a kind of work that is done in a full-time employment relationship lasting no more than two weeks (14 days).
Part-time work is a permanent part-time work relationship carried out unilaterally by the employer for production and financial reasons. Part-time employment must be implemented in compliance with the notice period.
When an employer turns the job into a part-time employment, the employer unilaterally changes the employment relationship to permanent part-time for production and financial reasons. This process shall be carried out in accordance with the term of notice.
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