Statutory notice period
The minimum notice an employer must give. Contracts and collective agreements can lengthen it and only rarely shorten it, and the tenure bands are where cross-border assumptions usually go wrong.
Employer's notice under the Labour Law, graded by the statutory ground of dismissal rather than by service. The employee's own resignation runs on one month unless the contract or collective agreement shortens it.
| Service | Employer notice | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Serious breach grounds: gross trust violations, intoxication at work and kindred cases | without delay | the notice takes effect on delivery |
| Conduct and capability grounds: breach of contract or rules, acts against good morals, health-based incapability, long incapacity | 10 days | runs from delivery |
| Economic and organisational grounds, including redundancy and the employer's liquidation, and lack of professional competence | 1 month | runs from delivery |
| Certain of those grounds where the employee is a person with a disability | 2 months | runs from delivery |
On the employee's request, periods of temporary incapacity do not count into the notice term. A longer period can sit in the contract or collective agreement, and the parties may agree an earlier end.
Source: Darba devēja uzteikuma termiņi, 103. pants, LV portāls, official legal information portal; Darba likuma 100. pants, darbinieka uzteikums, ILGAK legal guide. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Minimum paid annual leave
The statutory floor for paid holiday. The counting basis matters as much as the number, since some laws count a six-day week and others count working days or calendar weeks.
4 weeks per year.
Four calendar weeks a year, public holidays not counted in. It cannot be exchanged for money while the employment lasts, only compensated at its end. Minors hold a month.
Source: Tiesības uz atvaļinājumu, 149.-150. pants, LV portāls, official legal information portal. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Probation limit
The longest trial period the law allows an employer to agree, together with the notice that applies while it runs.
3 months at most, with notice of 3 days in writing from either side, no reasons owed during it.
Applies only where the contract sets it, for at most three months from the start of work.
Source: Pārbaudes laiks un uzteikums, Mysalary.lv, labour-law guide; Darba likums, rokasgrāmata, LV portāls. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Employer social contributions
What the employer pays on top of gross salary into statutory schemes. Some countries charge a percentage of pay, others charge flat amounts, and a single headline rate hides caps, regional rules and industry-rated items.
Figures apply for 2026.
| Scheme | Rate, per cent of pay | Charged on |
|---|---|---|
| State social insurance mandatory contributions, employer shareCharged on the whole salary. Above an insured income of 105,300 euro a year the payments keep flowing at the same rates but count as solidarity tax at twenty-five per cent, the difference refunded to the employer after the year. | 23.59 | the whole salary, with no ceiling |
Reduced rates apply to working pensioners and some other insured categories.
Source: VSAOI, darba devēja daļa 23,59 %, State Revenue Service; 2026. gada špikeris algu grāmatvedim, PwC Latvija. Checked on 2026-07-27.