Employment and Security Act: Important information for you

Questioner

I have a question about the new Work and Security Act. My employer wants to convert my contract to a flex contract as established in the new Work and Security Act, however I saw on the internet that this law will only come into effect in July 2015, yet the employer wants to work with it now, is that allowed? In addition, I am curious whether this contract is also valid if you work on fixed days and with a fixed schedule. (21 hours per week) in healthcare. Is it still the case that your employer is obliged to offer you, for example, a one-year contract if you work a fixed number of hours per week for a certain number of months?

Lawyer

The Work and Security Act has just been adopted by the House of Representatives but is not yet law. This law cannot yet be applied. If you work on the basis of a 0-hour contract and you have worked a fixed number of hours for more than three months or 6 months if this is stated in the collective labor agreement, then an employment contract is presumed to exist for the average number of hours worked in the last 3 months. If a one-year contract has been concluded, then it will remain a one-year contract for that year and will therefore not become a permanent contract.

Questioner

thanks for your response