The subject of this final work is the extraordinary notice of the employment contract in the Croatian labor legislation. Cancellation of labour contract is always a topical subject of study due to important social and economic impact which job loss leaves on the employee. The central part of this final work contains a detailed review of justified reasons and the notice period within which the employment contract can be terminated, binding procedure before termination of the employment, the form and content of such termination as well as legal protection of the employee in front of the employer and the court. The final work considers in more detail the view on legislative regulation of extraordinary termination of the employment contract in Croatian law, with an important reason. The purpose of termination legislation is to ensure the security of the existing employment relationship by enacting regulations to protect employees from arbitrary decisions by the employer: by determining justified reasons for termination of the labour contract, as a precondition for the validity ofthe termination, andbasic rules of theprocedure of termination or other ways of termination of the employment contract.