Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Luxemburg and the UK top the world's list as the most expensive countries in which to employ workers, a new survey suggested.
The EU member states from central and eastern Europe have less than a quarter of the labour costs of their western neighbours.
Carried out by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a specialist in employee benefits, the survey showed the EU as a whole featured 15 percent lower employment costs compared to the US.
However, when th...
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