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In this back-to-school month, we offer you a summary of the changes in labour legislation that took place this summer as well as the upcoming draft \/ proposed laws.<\/p>\n

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1.Adoption of legislative amendments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.1 Protection for employees suffering from miscarriage<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The law of 7 July 2023 provides two measures, namely the abolition of the waiting period for compensation for sick leave following a spontaneous termination of pregnancy and protection against dismissal.<\/p>\n

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1.2 Protection of families of children suffering from illness or disability or victims of an accident of particular gravity<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This law of 19 July 2023 notably guarantees protection against dismissal of employees during parental presence leave and gives a leave for the death of a child of 12 or 14 days, depending on the age of the child. Finally, the law also simplifies the procedures for parents receiving the daily parental presence allowance (AJPP).<\/p>\n

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1.3 New social regime for contractual terminations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The law of 14 April 2023 on the amending of financing of social security for 2023 unified the regime of the indemnity of individual contractual termination, by a single employer contribution of 30% (against a social lump sum of 20% before). The BOSS specified that this new social regime will apply to terminations of employment contracts that occur from 1 September 2023.<\/p>\n

1.4 Professional elections in companies with less than 20 employees<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The question arose as to whether when no employee stood as a candidate in the professional elections of a company with 11 to 20 employees, the employer was obliged to organize the elections. The Ministry of Labour confirms that the employer must hold both rounds of professional elections.<\/p>\n

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1.5 Trial period : the end of the derogation from the maximum durations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From 9 September 2023, it will no longer be possible to set trial periods for permanent contracts longer than the law.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, the law provides that the maximum duration of a trial period for permanent contracts is:<\/p>\n