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In the context of the prevention of psychosocial hazards at work, protection against dismissal and against any harmful measure is accorded to certain workers since 1 September 2014.
This Infoflash briefly describes this protection mechanism.
The following workers will be protected against dismissal and against any harmful measure:
NB! The protection starts on the date of receipt of the request provided the request has been accepted (the employer is informed by the psychosocial hazards prevention adviser).
o the employer has failed to appoint a prevention adviser specialised in the psychosocial aspects of work;
o the employer has failed to implement due and proper procedures;
o the request for formal psychosocial intervention based on acts of violence, bullying or sexual harassment in the workplace has not, in the worker’s view, succeeded in putting an end to the acts of violence, bullying or sexual harassment in the workplace;
o the procedures have not, in the worker’s view, been applied in a legal manner;
NB! This worker is protected from the time when the complaint is acknowledged as received (the employer is informed by the person who receives the complaint).
o the internal procedure is inappropriate given the seriousness of the acts to which he/she has been subjected;
NB! This worker is protected from the time when the complaint is acknowledged as received by the addressee (the employer is informed by the person who receives the complaint).
NB! This worker is protected as from service of the summons or filing at the court registry (the employer is informed by the worker).
NB! This worker is protected as from the time when the witness statement is filed (the employer is informed by the psychosocial hazards prevention adviser).
NB! This worker is protected as from the time at which he/she is summoned or subpoenaed to give court testimony (the employer is informed by the witness).
The protection period ends:
In the course of the protection period, the employer:
except for reasons having nothing to do with the request for formal psychosocial intervention based on acts of violence, bullying or sexual harassment in the workplace, the complaint, the court action or the witness testimony.
If, during the protection period, the employer violates the protection that the worker is entitled to, the worker (or the trade union organisation that he/she is a member of) can demand, under certain conditions, his/her reinstatement in the company under the terms prevailing before the termination or change.
In the absence of (a demand for) reinstatement and if the court has ruled that the dismissal or the measure that has been taken by the employer is contrary, the employer has to pay the worker a protection indemnity that is equal to:
The protection mechanism as in force before 1 September 2014 continues to apply to the worker who has filed a complaint, given a testimony or raised a court action before 1 September 2014.
FR / NL
Sources: Act of 28 February 2014 supplementing the Act of 4 August 1996 on the well-being of workers in the performance of their work as regards the prevention of psychosocial hazards at work, including violence, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace, Moniteur belge of 28 April 2014; Royal Decree of 10 April 2014 on the prevention of workplace psychosocial hazards, Moniteur belge of 28 April 2014; in French on the website of the FPS Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue, heading "Thèmes/Bien-être au travail/Charge psychosociale" (www.emploi.belgique).
Auteur: Catherine Mairy
09/12/2014
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