Countries differ in their requirements for foreign workers, procedures for obtaining work permits, types of employment contracts, probationary periods, salary-payment rules, taxes, social-security contributions, minimum pay rates, annual leave, sick leave, dismissal procedures and methods of protecting workers’ rights.

Procedures for checking a property, requirements for buyers and sellers, the roles of notaries and lawyers, public registers, preliminary agreements, deposit rules, taxation, registration of ownership and final payment procedures vary from country to country.