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Legal advice on dismissal

The Belgian dismissal law is characterised by a multitude of formalities and protective provisions, such as several types of specific employment protection provisions, to being able to motivate a dismissal decision. For these matters, you can rely on our expertise.

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Whether it is a conventional dismissal, a dismissal for urgent cause or the dismissal of an employee who enjoys a specific protection against dismissal: you have made the right decision in entrusting us to prevent problematic discussions later on. We negotiate in full knowledge of the facts to optimise the result for you. Nonetheless, should it come to a dispute, we will conduct your defence in court.

Dismissal

The number of rules that apply for a dismissal are steadily increasing. Not only are there rules from the Employment Contracts Act, there are a collection of other acts and collective agreements to take into account as well.

When it comes to end of career arrangements, parties will not only need to apply the labour law but also social security regulations and tax law. Mploy has the specialists you need in-house.

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What constitutes as urgent cause? When can I invoke it to immediately terminate the employment? Within what term? How do I go about this? And how do I prove the errors I reproach the employee of doing without for instance violating their privacy? You can fully rely on our extensive expertise for these matters, in as well as outside the courthouse.

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Every employee is protected against discriminatory dismissal. Moreover, the dismissal cannot be manifestly unreasonable or go against industry-specific regulations imposed by collective agreement of the industry in which the employer is active.

Violating regulations can give rise to sizeable added dismissal costs and are therefore best avoided.

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In case of a collective redundancy, supplementary rules apply, including the Renault law for collective redundancies. We will support you with legal advice in case of a collective dismissal.

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