Articles on employment law and more · Jelena Đivuljskij https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles Articles on Serbian law, with deadlines: contract annexes, redundancy, unpaid salary, termination by agreement, a first employee and tax for seafarers. en-gb Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Do you have to sign an annex to your employment contract? https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/employment-contract-annex https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/employment-contract-annex You do not have to sign the annex, but if you refuse it your employer may dismiss you, and you can challenge both a signed and a refused annex in court. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jelena Đivuljskij Employment law What do you do if your employer does not pay your salary? https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/unpaid-salary https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/unpaid-salary Ask your employer for the calculation for the month it did not pay, because that calculation is an enforceable document on which you file a motion for enforcement (predlog za izvršenje), and if there is no calculation, claim the salary with a lawsuit, within three years. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jelena Đivuljskij Employment law How does a seafarer prove days spent outside Serbia? https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/seafarers-183-days https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/seafarers-183-days Whether you pay tax in Serbia on salary earned on board depends on whether you were a Serbian tax resident in that year, and days spent on board and abroad are proved with documents, not with a statement. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jelena Đivuljskij Other areas What do you need when hiring your first employee? https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/first-employee https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/first-employee Before the first working day you need a written employment contract and the employee's registration for compulsory social insurance, and the company should also have a risk assessment act; a job classification act becomes mandatory only once the company has more than ten employees. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jelena Đivuljskij Employment law What do you lose if you sign a termination agreement? https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/termination-by-agreement https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/termination-by-agreement With termination by agreement, employment ends on the day you agree, without a notice period and without statutory severance pay, and as a rule you also lose the right to unemployment benefit, so sign the agreement only when you know exactly what you are signing. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jelena Đivuljskij Employment law What if you are made redundant? https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/redundancy https://advokatjelena.rs/en/articles/redundancy Your employer may dismiss you as redundant (tehnološki višak) only if your job has genuinely stopped being needed or there is less of it, and only after paying you severance pay; you can challenge the dismissal decision with a lawsuit within 60 days. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jelena Đivuljskij Employment law