Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

1 Legal framework

1.1 Are there statutory sources of labour and employment law?

The most important statutory sources are as follows:

• the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (Official Gazette 56/90, 135/97, 08/98, 113/00, 124/00, 28/01, 41/01, 55/01, 76/10, 85/10, 05/14);
• EU regulations on employment law, which are directly applicable in Croatia;
• the Labour Act (Official Gazette 93/14, 122/17, 98/19);
• the Act on the Minimum Wage (Official Gazette 118/18);
• the Act on Safety at Work (Official Gazette 71/14, 118/14, 154/14, 94/18, 96/18);
• the Anti-Discrimination Act (Official Gazette 85/08, 112/12);
• the Protection of Whistleblowers Act (Official Gazette 17/19); and