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Legal coverage
Fixed-term contracts (FTCs)

FTC regulated: Yes

Valid reasons for FTC use: objective and material reasons

Remarks

Art. 55 LC

Maximum number of successive FTCs: no limitation

Maximum cumulative duration of successive FTCs: 5year(s)

Remarks

Art. 55 LC

Maximum probationary (trial) period (in months): 6 month(s)

Remarks

Art. 62 LC: The probationary period may not exceed 3 months for all workers and 6 months for high-level managers.

Obligation to provide reasons to the employee: Yes

Valid grounds (justified dismissal):

Prohibited grounds: race, sex, religion, political opinion, social origin, nationality/national origin, age, trade union membership and activities, financial status, language, property, place of residence, ethnic origin

Remarks

Art. 9 LC

Workers enjoying special protection: workers' representatives, pregnant women and/or women on maternity leave, workers with family responsibilities

Art. 310 LC: special protection against any dismissal, except for economic reasons, for pregnant women and women with family responsibilities.

Art. 84 LC: The employer is not entitled to dismiss any workers' representative without prior approval by the relevant body representing workers of the enterprise.

Notification to the worker to be dismissed: written

Remarks

Art. 85 LC

Notice period:

Remarks

Art. 85 LC

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    • All: 2 week(s).

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      • All: 1 month(s).

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        • All: 2 week(s).

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          • All: 1 month(s).

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                                • All: 2 week(s).

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                                  • All: 1 month(s).

                                  Pay in lieu of notice: Yes

                                  Art. 85 LC

                                  Notification to the public administration: No

                                  Art. 85 LC

                                  Notification to workers' representatives: No

                                  Approval by public administration or judicial bodies: No

                                  Art. 85 LC

                                  Approval by workers' representatives: No

                                  Art. 84 LC: The employer is not entitled to dismiss any workers' representative without prior approval by the relevant body representing workers of the enterprise.

                                  Definition of collective dismissal (number of employees concerned) The collective (mass) dismissals for economic reasons are dismissals of at least 25% of the workforce in the enterprise employing up to 50 workers or at least 15% of workers in the enterprise employing more than 50 workers, during 2 consequent months.

                                  Remarks

                                  Art. 78 LC

                                  Notification to the public administration Yes

                                  Remarks

                                  Art. 78 LC

                                  Notification to trade union (workers' representatives) Yes

                                  Remarks

                                  Art. 78 LC

                                  Notification to workers' representatives: Yes

                                  Remarks

                                  Art. 78 LC

                                  Approval by trade union (workers' representatives) No

                                  Approval by workers' representatives No

                                  Priority rules for collective dismissals (social considerations, age, job tenure) Yes

                                  Remarks

                                  Art. 85 LC

                                  Employer's obligation to consider alternatives to dismissal (transfers, retraining...) No

                                  Priority rules for re-employment Yes

                                  Remarks

                                  Art. 78 LC

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                                  mine workers: No

                                  Art. 423 LC

                                  However in the cases of dismissal without a legal basis or with a violation of the established procedure for dismissal or illegal transfer to another job, the court is entitled, at the request of the employee, to make a decision to compensate the employee for the moral harm caused to him by such actions. The amount of this compensation is determined by the court.

                                  Compensation for unfair dismissal - Legal limits (ceiling in months or calculation method): Compensation shall not be less than 12-month average wages.

                                  Art. 423 LC

                                  managerial / executive positions: Yes

                                  Art. 423 LC

                                  police: No

                                  Art. 421 LC

                                  Art. 421 LC

                                  Existing arbitration: No