Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the southeast. It also shares a maritime border with Italy. Croatia has an area of roughly 56,594 km2. The country’s economy relies on tourism with 66.14% of employment being in the service sector, 27.67% in industry, and 6.19% in agriculture.
*Please note that the official currency is the currency of remuneration when employed through WorkMotion in Croatia.
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Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the southeast. It also shares a maritime border with Italy. Croatia has an area of roughly 56,594 km2. The country’s economy relies on tourism with 66.14% of employment being in the service sector, 27.67% in industry, and 6.19% in agriculture.
*Please note that the official currency is the currency of remuneration when employed through WorkMotion in Croatia.
The national holidays mentioned below are valid for the year 2025.
Croatia has 14 non-working Public holidays.
| January 1 | New Year’s Day | |
| January 6 | Epiphany / Holy Three Kings | |
| April 20 | Easter Sunday | Movable |
| April 21 | Easter Monday | Movable |
| May 1 | Labor Day | |
| May 30 | Statehood Day | |
| June 19 | Corpus Christi | Movable |
| June 22 | Anti-Fascist Struggle Day | |
| August 5 | Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Croatian Veterans Day | |
| August 15 | Assumption of Mary | |
| November 1 | All Saints' Day | |
| November 18 | Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Homeland War and Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja | |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | |
| December 26 | St. Stephen’s Day |
The approximate time for sharing the contract with an employee in Croatia is 2 business days assuming no special requests or changes to our standard employment contract. Any such requests or changes would need to undergo internal and external review, directly leading to a time delay.
NOTE: This number is subject to change and is only an estimation of the Contract Sharing Time. The estimated Contract Sharing Time begins from the moment that WorkMotion has received all required information from both the client and the employee.
Employers employing at least 20 employees are obliged to employ persons with disabilities in an appropriate job with appropriate working conditions, in the amount of 3% of the total number of employees on the basis of which the quota is determined, regardless of the activity performed by the employer.
For remote work, the employer should provide the employee with the machines, tools, and equipment necessary for remote work. If the employee uses their own machines, tools, and equipment for work, the matter of reimbursement of associated costs should be regulated in the employment contract.
Please note that we cannot offer indefinite employment contracts in Croatia with the WorkMotion entity. We offer fixed-term contracts (Ugovor o radu na određeno vrijeme) with a maximum duration of three years.
The Croatian social seuciry system covers health, pension insurance, unemployment insurance, family benefits, social benefits, and child benefits.
Employers are only required to contribute to health insurance at 16.5% of the employee’s gross salary.
The full working hours of a worker may not exceed 40 hours per week.
If a worker works overtime, the total duration of the worker’s work may not exceed:
The probationary period may not last longer than six months. If fixed term employment is concluded, the probationary period must be proportional to the duration of the FTC.
The notice period begins to run on the day of delivery of the termination of the employment contract.
In the case of regular termination (ordinary dismissal), the length of notice periods depends on employment length as follows:
| Employment Length | Termination Notice Period |
| During Probation | At least 7 weeks |
| Less than 1 year | At least 2 weeks |
| At least 1 continuous year | At least 1 month |
| At least 2 consecutive years | At least 1 month and 2 weeks |
| At least 5 consecutive years | At least 2 months |
| At least 10 consecutive years | At least 2 months and 2 weeks |
| At least 20 Years | At least 3 months |
The full working hours of a worker may not exceed 40 hours per week.
If a worker works overtime, the total duration of the worker’s work may not exceed:
The probationary period may not last longer than six months. If fixed term employment is concluded, the probationary period must be proportional to the duration of the FTC.
The notice period begins to run on the day of delivery of the termination of the employment contract.
In the case of regular termination (ordinary dismissal), the length of notice periods depends on employment length as follows:
| Employment Length | Termination Notice Period |
| During Probation | At least 7 weeks |
| Less than 1 year | At least 2 weeks |
| At least 1 continuous year | At least 1 month |
| At least 2 consecutive years | At least 1 month and 2 weeks |
| At least 5 consecutive years | At least 2 months |
| At least 10 consecutive years | At least 2 months and 2 weeks |
| At least 20 Years | At least 3 months |
Employers may grant unpaid leave to an employee at their request. The worker has the right to unpaid leave for a total of five working days per year to provide personal care. During unpaid leave, the rights and obligations arising from the employment relationship or in connection with the employment relationship are suspended, unless otherwise provided by law
The Croatian social seuciry system covers health, pension insurance, unemployment insurance, family benefits, social benefits, and child benefits.
Employers are only required to contribute to health insurance at 16.5% of the employee’s gross salary.
