Time and again I see small businesses go to the wall after 3 years (when the tax kicks in) or established business that cannot afford to grow because they can't afford to take someone on because of the high social charges (the healthcare, education and infrastructure are fantastic and that's got to be paid for somehow)
TBH I think that's a bigger problem than workers rights. When the state levies taxes and social charges on a company
in advance using an estimation of the profit it
might make in the forthcoming tax year it's no wonder small businesses struggle or go under.
(Apologies for thread drift)