**3. Legal framework on public employment services**

In Austria, the Employment Law regulates the legal framework for job seekers. The Consolidated Federal Law: The Comprehensive Law for the Unemployment Insurance Law of 1977, BGBI. I No. 92/2000 is the got to resource in case of job loss.

In Spain, job search is a process that is subject to extensive regulation: Royal Legislative Decree no. 2/23 October 2015, approving the revised text of the Law on the status of workers; Royal Legislative Decree no. 8/30 October 2015, approving the revised text of the General Law on Social Security; Law no. 14/1994 on Employment Offices; Law no. 4/2000 on the rights and freedoms of aliens in Spain and their social integration; Royal Decree-Law no. 10/16 June 2010, on urgent measures for labor market reform; Royal Decree no. 1722/21 December 2007, by which Law no. 56/16 of December 2003, on employment, is amended as regards the bodies, coordination and evaluation instruments of the National Employment System. Similarly, job loss is heavily regulated: The Royal Decree no. 2720/18 December 1998, adopting Article 15 of the Staff Regulations in the field of fixed-term contracts; Organic law no. 3/22 March 2007, for the effective equality of women and men; Law no. 3/6 July 2012, on urgent measures for labor market reform; Royal Decree no. 1484/29 October 2012, on the financial contributions to be paid by enterprises that make collective redundancies affecting workers aged 50 or over. Law no. 1/28 February 2014 on the protection of part-time workers and other urgent measures in the economic and social order; Law no. 12/9 July 2001 on urgent measures to reform the labor market in order to increase employment and improve its quality; Law no. 43/29 December 2006, for the improvement of economic growth and employment; Royal Decree no. 1483/29 October 2012, approving the Regulation of procedures for collective redundancies, suspension of contracts and reduction of the working hours; Royal Decree-Law no. 5/15 March 2013 on measures to promote the continuity of the active at work life for older workers and to promote active aging; Royal Legislative Decree no. 2/23 October 2015, approving the revised text of the Law on the status of workers; Decree no. 1424/27 December 2002, on the regulation for the communication of the content of employment contracts and of basic copies to be submitted with public employment services and the use of telematic means in connection therewith; Order TAS /770/14 March 2003, updated by Order ESS/1727/17 September 2013 by which the Royal Decree no. 1424/2002, which regulates the communication of the content of employment contracts and their basic copies to the Public Employment Services and the use of telematic means connected to them.

In Estonia, the Labor Market Services Law of 2005, the Employment Contracts Law of 2009, the Public Services Law of 2012, the Employee Health and Safety Law of 1999 are available for job search. In terms of job loss is worth mentioning: The Law on Classification of Occupations of 2008; Law on Classification of Economic Activities in Estonia in 2008.

In Romania, Law no. 76/2002 on the unemployment insurance system and employment stimulation sets forth the framework for job loss and job search.
