References
Scope
Size of enterprises excluded (≤): 10
Exclusion only applicable to collective dismissals. See Art. 116 LC: The collective dismissal for economic reasons is any dismissal concerning at least 10 workers or more than 10% of the workforce during the period of 2 months.
Workers' categories excluded: none
Art. 7 LC
FTC regulated: Yes
Valid reasons for FTC use: objective and material reasons
Art. 95 LC regulates fixed-term contracts of employment.
Art. 101 LC provides the possibility to conclude a contract of employment of up to 2-month duration.
Maximum number of successive FTCs: no limitation
Maximum cumulative duration of successive FTCs: 5year(s)
Art. 95 LC
Maximum probationary (trial) period (in months): 6 month(s)
Art. 92 LC: the probationary period cannot exceed 3 months. However the probationary period up to 6 months may be established by law for some categories of workers.
Obligation to provide reasons to the employee: Yes
Valid grounds (justified dismissal):
Prohibited grounds: marital status, pregnancy, maternity leave, family responsibilities, filing a complaint against the employer, temporary work injury or illness, race, sex, religion, political opinion, social origin, nationality/national origin, age, trade union membership and activities, language, participation in a lawful strike, lawfully taking leave
Art. 114 LC
Workers enjoying special protection: workers' representatives, pregnant women and/or women on maternity leave, workers with family responsibilities, workers on temporary leave following an occupational disease or a work injury
Art. 117 LC prohibits dismissing any woman on pregnancy leave and, under some conditions, any worker taking care of a child up to one year old.
Art. 119 provides that any elected representative of workers may be dismissed only with the authorization by a labour inspector.
Notification to the worker to be dismissed: written
Art. 115 LC
Pay in lieu of notice: Yes
Art. 115 LC - in case of non-respect of the notice period, the employer must compensate the worker for each day of the notice period on the basis of worker' average wage.
Notification to the public administration: No
Notification to workers' representatives: No
Approval by public administration or judicial bodies: No
Art. 119 provides that any elected representative of workers may be dismissed only with the authorization by a labour inspector.
Approval by workers' representatives: No
Definition of collective dismissal (number of employees concerned) The collective dismissal for economic reasons is any dismissal concerning at least 10 workers or more than 10% of the workforce during the period of 2 months.
Art. 116 LC
Notification to the public administration No
Notification to trade union (workers' representatives) Yes
Art. 116: The employer must, 3 months in advance, inform the public employment service on the number of contemplated collective dismissals for economic reasons.
Notification to workers' representatives: Yes
Art. 116: The employer must, 3 months in advance, inform workers' representatives on the number of contemplated collective dismissals for economic reasons.
Approval by trade union (workers' representatives) No
Approval by workers' representatives No
Priority rules for collective dismissals (social considerations, age, job tenure) No
Employer's obligation to consider alternatives to dismissal (transfers, retraining...) No
Priority rules for re-employment Yes
Art. 113: Before any dismissal for economic reasons, the employer must propose to the worker any transfer or vocational training within the available possibilities in the enterprise.
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Art. 129: The severance pay is of two-week salary in case of dismissal for worker's incapacity.
: 2 week(s)
: 2 week(s)
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: 2 week(s)
: 2 week(s)
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Art. 129 LC
: 1 month(s)
: 1 month(s)
: 1 month(s)
: 1 month(s)
: 1 month(s)
: 1 month(s)
: 1 month(s)
: 1 month(s)
Compensation for unfair dismissal - Legal limits (ceiling in months or calculation method): If the worker's reinstatement is impossible, the tribunal obliges the employer to pay the worker the average wages for the period of the "imposed non-work" since the date of the dismissal.
Art. 265 LC
managerial / executive positions: Yes
Art. 265 LC
police: No
Art. 264 LC
Existing arbitration: No
Length of procedure:
Art. 265: the worker may bring a complaint about his or her dismissal to the tribunal within the period of one month after receiving the notification about the termination of his or her employment.