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Employment in North Macedonia
North Macedonia is positioned in Southern Europe and best known for its ICT sector potential - the main reason for investments from companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Dell, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Apple and Lotus.
Language
Macedonian
Capital
skopje
Population
2.07 million
Currency
MKD
GDP
12.55 billion
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Top Tech Cities in North Macedonia
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Facts about hiring in macedonia
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There are different categories of employment contracts in Macedonia. These contracts are signed for a definite or indefinite period of time. The contracts that are fixed-term, are maximum for 5 years.
The working hours in Macedonia are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week.
Every employee has the right of an annual holiday of 20 days. The annual holiday may be prolonged to 26 days by an employment contract or collective agreement. Beside the annual holiday employees have the right to use a paid holiday for personal or family reasons:
- ✅ Marriage – 3 days;
- ✅ Marriage of child – 2 days;
- ✅ Giving birth or adopting a child – 2 days;
- ✅ Death of marriage partner or child – 5 days;
- ✅ Death of parent, brother or sister – 2 days;
- ✅ Death of grandparents – 1 day;
- ✅ Expert exam for the employer’s needs – 3 days;
- ✅ Natural disasters – 3 days.
The total amount of additional holiday granted for the above stated reasons may not exceed 7 days annually.
The duration of the sick leave is the base for the sick pay. For example:
- ✅ If the sick leave is up to 7 days - 70% of the salary
- ✅ If the sick leave is up to 15 days - 80% of the salary
- ✅ If the sick leave is above 15 days - 90% of the salary
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