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Definitions Apprenticeship is defined as the acquisition of new skills. The aim of an apprenticeship is to enable an employer recognised as skilled to teach the practice of a profession to an apprentice. The apprentice may be: either a teenager:...

The CIE is concluded for a period of 12 months. The director of the ADEM may authorise a maximum extension of the contract of 6 months with the promoter, or the conclusion of a new contract for the same period...

The Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations is concerned with the functions of a diplomatic mission, its status and that of the diplomatic staff employed in it and confers on diplomatic agents immunity from criminal jurisdiction and, to a certain extent,...

An international employment contract is an employment contract which includes one or more foreign elements. Examples There will be a foreign element where the place of performance of the work agreed upon in the contract is located in more than...

A contract of indeterminate duration (CDI) or a fixed-term contract (CDD) may include a probationary clause. The aim of the probationary period is to allow: the employer to appraise the professional skills of the employee for the task entrusted to...

Suspension of a probationary period is envisaged in the event of supervening pregnancy in the case of a contract of indeterminate duration (CDI). In fact, where a pregnant employee is bound by a CDI containing a probationary clause, the probationary...

Everything depends on the duration of the assignments completed with the employer during the year preceding recruitment under a CDI. In fact, where a user company recruits a temporary employee, the duration of the assignments completed during the year preceding...

The probationary period starts on the day on which the employee actually begins to perform his work and is deducted in terms of calendar days, not days of work. The probationary period includes days off, rest days, public holidays, etc....

No. During the probationary period, the employer enjoys a discretionary right to terminate the employment contract without the need to explain himself by disclosing to the employee the reasons underlying his decision. Nota Bene Even if the employee has expressly...

During the probationary period, the employee must give notice of his resignation: in writing, and by registered letter, or by personal delivery to the other party of a copy of the letter, to be signed to confirm receipt. The signature...

In the Member States of the European Union (except Denmark), the rules on the jurisdiction of courts to deal with disputes concerning an international employment contract are to be found in European Union Regulation No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000...

No. Where, on the expiry of a fixed-term employment contract (CDD) the contractual employment relationship continues, the new contract may not provide for a probationary period. The same applies if the new employment contract is concluded a fairly short time...

No. When, on the expiry of a fixed-term contract, the contractual employment relationship is continued under a further fixed-term employment contract that is merely a continuation of the previous employment relationship, the latter may not provide for a probationary period.

The probationary period is a trial period at the start of an employment contract during which the employer and the employee may rescind the employment contract rapidly and without compensation. However, during the first 2 weeks of the probationary period,...

No. The procedure of an interview prior to dismissal is not applicable and thus not required in the event of termination of the employment contract during the probationary period.