The impact of temporary employment and employment protection on labour productivity: evidence from an industry-level panel of EU countries

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 12 Conditions to get access to fringe benefits

	Paid holidays	Sick leave	Unemployment benefit	Parental leave
	Employment duration	Contribution period	Contribution period	Contribution period
Austria	6 months	Not for all TE, various earnings thresholds	52 weeks in the last 2 years, earnings threshold	Earnings threshold
Belgium	All	3 months	Various conditions, more days for older group	All
Denmark	All	>72 hours in past 8 weeks	52 weeks in the last 3 years	72 hours in the last 8 weeks
Finland	>35 hours per months	All	43 weeks in the last 2 years >18 hours per week	All
France	1 month	800 hours in the last years	4 months in the last 18 months	800 hours in the last year
Germany	All pro rata	All	12 months in the last 3 years	All
Italy	All	Various conditions depending on TE	52 weeks in the last 2 years	All
Netherlands	All	All	26 weeks in the last 36 weeks	All
Portugal	30 days	6 months	18 months	6 months
Spain	Various conditions	Various conditions	360 days in the last 6 years	All
Sweden	All	All	6 months in the last year	All
United Kingdom	13 weeks and not statutory for few sectors	3 months earnings > threshold	Employment conditions in the last 2 years	26 weeks and earnings threshold

Source: OECD, Employment Outlook. Data collected directly from OECD Member Governments