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Termination

Terminating employment, notice periods, termination payments and rights to references.

Belgium :: Termination of fixed-term contracts

In principle, fixed-term contracts (contrat de travail à durée déterminée, CDDs) cannot be terminated by either the employer or employee before the end of the agreed fixed-term, unless there are serious grounds to do so …

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Belgium :: Terminating an employee on long-term sick leave

◉ Indefinite contracts Since January 1st 2014, it is not permitted to dismiss an employee on an indefinite contract of employment simply on the grounds that they have been on long-term sick leave — if an employee on long-term sick leave is to be dismissed, a different, valid reason must be given for their dismissal, e …

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Belgium :: Termination by mutual agreement (rupture de commun accord)

Employers and employees are freely entitled to enter into a mutual agreement to terminate a contract of employment at any moment and to fix the terms of this termination agreement …

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Belgium :: Termination – general

It is relatively straightforward to terminate the employment contracts of non-protected employees in Belgium, but it can be a very costly exercise …

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Belgium :: Severance payments

In cases of individual termination, the employee or employer (depending on who initiated the termination) is entitled an indemnity in lieu of notice if no notice, or insufficient notice, is given by the terminating party …

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Belgium :: Protected employees

Statutory protection exists in Belgium for certain categories of workers …

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Belgium :: Outplacement

Outplacement (le reclassement professionnel) is defined as a set of services and guidance counselling provided by the employer with the aim of helping the employee find new employment quickly …

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Belgium :: Notice periods

Much of the compensation for dismissal in Belgium is provided through a lengthy and complex notice period calculation …

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Belgium :: Individual dismissal

Employers have a general right to terminate employment on notice provided the reason for doing so is not arbitrary or an abuse of the contractual right to terminate …

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Belgium :: Constructive dismissal

An employee may terminate the employment relationship due to a fundamental breach committed by the employer …

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Belgium :: Collective dismissal

Redundancy does not exist as a specific legal concept in Belgium …

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