In Greece, a reform in 2010, followed by an additional adjustment in 2012, significantly reduced notice periods and severance pay. In Estonia, the new Labour Code enforced in July 2009, radically changed the menu of remedies available to courts in the case of unfair dismissals, by making the possibility of reinstatement conditional on the agreement of both parties - except in certain discrimination cases - and halving the amount of compensation that should be paid to the worker. In addition, notification requirements for individual dismissals were simplified and notice periods and severance pay schedules made more progressive with respect to job tenure and, on average, somewhat smaller. In the Slovak Republic, the reform of the Labour Code of September 2011 reduced notice periods, suppressed severance pay conditional on observing notice and lifted the obligation of negotiating with government authorities in the case of collective dismissals.