Finding a job, the minimum wage, employment contracts, leave, dismissal, unemployment benefit and employee rights in Montenegro.
What the Law on Volunteer Work sets: who may organise volunteering, how many hours a day and a week a volunteer may work, what the written contract must contain, when volunteering counts as work experience, what rights a volunteer has, what applies to minors and foreigners and the fines for organisers.
September 29, 2026
What the average net and gross wage in Montenegro is according to MONSTAT data for July 2026, what people earn in finance, energy, IT, health, education, retail and tourism, where pay is lowest and how wages have moved compared with prices.
September 29, 2026
How you check, free of charge, the service record, wages and contributions your employer reported to the Pension Fund, what you need for the eUprava service, how you get a listing without an electronic ID card, how to read the data, why years go missing in the record and how insurance service differs from pensionable service.
September 28, 2026
Who may conclude an additional work contract under the Labour Law, how many hours a week it allows, with which employer, what the contract must contain and how it ends, when a non-compete clause binds you, how additional work is taxed and when it makes you file an annual tax return.
September 28, 2026
How the April 2026 Labour Law amendments regulate working from home and remote work: when it is possible, what the contract must contain, who provides equipment, whether you can refuse home working, what applies during a flood or epidemic and how parents can ask to work from home after leave.
September 28, 2026
What an employer must do before your first working day, why working without a contract means a permanent contract, what undeclared work costs an employer, what you lose while you are not registered for insurance and how, since May 2026, inspectors can also enter a flat.
September 28, 2026
What the April 2026 Labour Law amendments change for pay: employers must state the starting salary or range up front, may not ask about your previous pay, must provide average pay data within 45 days on request and, in an unequal pay dispute, must prove they did not discriminate.
September 28, 2026
What the new Health and Safety at Work Act of April 2026 brings, what your employer must do when you are injured, how quickly the injury is reported to the inspectorate, who pays for insurance, when you may refuse work or leave a dangerous place, what applies to alcohol at work and what the fines are.
September 27, 2026
What the law treats as mobbing, how and by when to request protection from your employer, what the mediator does, when you may stop working on full pay, how to turn to the Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes or a court, who has to prove mobbing and what fines employers face.
September 27, 2026
Who in Montenegro must take the mandatory sanitary health check, what it covers for work with food, in nurseries, salons and pharmacies, how often it is repeated, where it is done and what to bring, what it costs at health centres, who pays, what the hygiene training is and what the fines are from 2026.
September 27, 2026
How much tax and contribution is due on a fee under a Montenegrin service contract from 2026, when the contribution applies and when it does not, what is left of a 1,000 euro gross fee, who withholds the tax, whether the contract counts towards your pension record and what the Obligations Act says about deadlines, defects and payment.
September 27, 2026
Whether the work booklet still exists, who issues it, what you need for a work booklet in Podgorica and Herceg Novi, what applies to foreigners, how to get a duplicate of a lost booklet and add a qualification, when the employer returns the booklet and the fines.
September 27, 2026
What the JPR form is, what attachments A, B and C are for, when an employer must register an employee for compulsory social insurance, what goes into Attachment B, how an accountant or other tax representative is recorded, what is new from 1 January 2026 and the fines for an unregistered worker.
September 27, 2026
Who needs the professional exam for a job in a state body, who is exempt, who can sit it, how to apply, what it costs for university and secondary education, which subjects it covers, how the written and oral parts work and what the September 2026 amendments change.
September 27, 2026
How long a probation period can last, the maximum for fixed-term contracts, when probation is extended for sick leave or parental leave, what happens if you do not pass or the employer gives no assessment, how the contract is terminated during probation and when probation cannot be agreed again.
September 27, 2026
How long fixed-term work with the same employer can last, the exceptions for replacements, seasonal work and projects, when the law treats you as permanently employed, what the April 2026 right to offer a switch to a permanent contract brings and what applies during pregnancy and parental leave.
September 27, 2026
Who can join the Professional Training Programme for university graduates, the deadlines of the fifteenth cycle, how to apply on the eUprava portal with an electronic ID card, how much the allowance is, what counts as work experience and what applies after the programme.
September 27, 2026
Who can register with the Employment Agency of Montenegro, what to bring, how online registration works on the Moj zavod portal, how often you must report and what the individual employment plan is, what registration gives you and when you are removed from the register.
September 27, 2026
How many days of annual leave the Labour Law gives, how leave is split and by when it must be used, how much overtime is allowed and when you can refuse it, what applies to night work, breaks and paid leave, and who sets pay supplements after the General Collective Agreement expired.
September 25, 2026
How much sick pay is in Montenegro, when it is 70% and when 100%, who pays it and what the Health Insurance Fund refunds after 60 days, who certifies sick leave, what the menstrual leave from August 2026 brings and when sick pay is lost.
September 25, 2026
Who is entitled to unemployment benefit in Montenegro, how much it is in 2026, how long it lasts depending on insurance record, why there is none after a mutual agreement or resignation, how to register with the Employment Agency and when the right is lost.
September 25, 2026
How an employee resigns and why the resignation is certified, how long the notice period is, when an employer can dismiss without notice, how much redundancy severance pay is, what is not a valid reason for dismissal and how to challenge a dismissal.
September 25, 2026
What the minimum wage in Montenegro is in 2026 by qualification level, what changes for part-time work, what the average salary is overall and by sector, and what exactly the euro model proposes for 2027, which has not been adopted yet.
September 25, 2026
How to look for work in Montenegro in 2026: the Employment Agency and the main job portals with how many ads they carry, which towns and sectors hire, what the average salary is, how seasonal work on the coast works, and what a foreigner needs before starting a job.
September 25, 2026