Law Applicable to CONTRACTS of Employment and Employment Legal Relationships :

• An EMPLOYEE and an employer may agree on the law applicable to an employment contract and employment legal relationships. Such CHOICE may not abrogate or restrict the protection of an employee that is determined by prescriptive or PROHIBITIVE norms of a law of the State which law would be applicable in conformity with Paragraphs two, three, four or five of this Section.
• If an employee and employer have not chosen the applicable law, the laws of Latvia shall apply to the employment contract and employment legal relationships in so far as Paragraphs three and four of this Section does not provide OTHERWISE.
• If an employee and employer have not chosen the applicable law and the employee in conformity with an employment contract normally performs his or her work in another state, the law of that other state shall apply to the employment contract and employment legal relationships.
• If an employee and employer have not chosen the applicable law and the employee in conformity with an employment contract does not perform his or her work in one and the same state, the law of the state in which is located the undertaking which hired the employee shall be applicable to the employment contract and employment legal relationships.
• The provisions of Paragraphs three and four of this Section shall not apply if it appears from the circumstances that the employment contract or employment legal relationships is more closely linked with another state. In such case, the law of the other state shall apply.
• Within the meaning of this Section, a law shall mean any legal norm. 

Law Applicable to Contracts of Employment and Employment Legal Relationships :