Staff Leasing Regulated For The First Time In Serbia

December 2019 – After more than 15 years since staff leasing was introduced in practice in Serbia, the Serbian parliament finally adopted the first law regulating this type of hiring – the Staff Leasing Law (the "Law").

The implementation of the Law requires companies that are using this type of hiring to change their budgets and business models, to change their systematisation of jobs and internal policies on benefits and awards, and to renegotiate their arrangements with staff leasing agencies. However, the deadline for such all-encompassing changes is apparently too soon, as the Law takes effect from 1 March 2020.

In this article we will present the most important new requirements introduced by the Law, areas requiring special attention, and an overview of the problems we expect in practice.