Last month it brought in a new labour law, making it easier to hire and fire.

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The former defence secretary also wants changes to the labour market to make it easier to hire and fire employees.

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Most of the talk about growth ends up underlining the importance of structural reforms, like freeing up the labour markets, making it easier to hire and fire.

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Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti are both tackling labour reform - mainly making it easier to hire and fire workers - as their next step.

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That is despite signs of improvement in the labour market, it said, with firms intending to hire more staff.

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The UK's labour market may be "turning the corner", with more firms looking to hire staff than let people go, a survey of more than 2, 000 firms suggests.

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Labour laws in Switzerland are similar to the United States, that is you can hire and fire, but unlike the US, there is suspicion of someone who has been fired.

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This time the labour ministry alleged that the magazine had failed to comply with a law requiring it to hire a disabled person.

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