Belgium: temporary employment contracts can occur consecutively for a limited period of two years maximum

On 16 March 2023 Belgium’s Parliament approved a bill introducing new rules over fixed-term employment contracts (CDD) and replacement contracts. The bill follows a ruling by the Constitutional Court, No. 93/2021, of 17 June 2021. Previously, legislation on employment contracts provided for rules surrounding successive fixed-term employment contracts and successive replacement employment contracts, but not for a combination of these two types of contracts. The judges in this ruling found...