The labour law applicable in Liechtenstein is regulated in the General Civil Code (CC) Section 1173a Art. 1 et seqq. and in the Act on Employment in Business, Trade and Industry (EmpA) as well as ordinances. It defines the rights and obligations of the employer and the employee with regard to work performance, pay, equal treatment of the sexes, leave, free time, occupational pension schemes, insurance, protective devices, termination of employment, etc. The Gender Equality Act (GEA) of March 1999 plus updates of April 2011 and June 2021 regulates the equality of men and women in the workplace. There are no special laws in Liechtenstein on working conditions for artists and other cultural creators. General labour laws apply.
There are collective agreements in force in a number of sectors, which in Liechtenstein are called collective employment agreements (CEA) and can be declared generally binding by the government according to the Act on the Declaration of the General Application of Collective Employment Agreements (DGAA). The social partners have set up the SAVE Foundation to monitor and enforce generally binding CEAs and have appointed the Central Joint Commission (ZKP) for monitoring purposes. CEAs are negotiated by the social partners: by the Liechtenstein Employees’ Association (LANV) on the employees’ side, and by the Chamber of Commerce (WKL) and the Liechtenstein Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on the employers’ side.
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