D1b31 - Can an employee request that the fixed-term employment contract be converted into an employment contract of indeterminate duration?

An employee may ask his employer to convert his fixed-term employment contract into an employment contract of indeterminate duration, maintaining all other associated rights and obligations, provided that:

  • he has been working for the same employer for at least six months,
  • and that his probationary period had expired by the date of his request.
  • The employee’s request must be submitted to his employer a maximum of once over a period of twelve consecutive months.
  • The employer is required, within one month of the employee’s request, to:
  • either amend the contract by mutual agreement,
  • or to state precisely and in writing the reasons for the refusal to grant the employee’s request to convert his fixed-term employment contract into an employment contract of indeterminate duration.

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