On October 21, 2021, the new ordinance regarding employment agreements was published by the legislator. The new ordinance will include a new paragraph in book 7 of the Civil Code when it enters into force. It is still unknown when the new ordinance will enter into force.
As this ordinance and the treatment of the ordinance in Parliament precedes COVID-19, the country packages, and Caribbean Entity for Reform and Development (COHO), I wonder how that relates the bullet point of flexibilization of the labour market as included in the country package of all the islands. This ordinance does not provide for any flexibilization of the labour market.
The changes compared to the current law are extensive, and too much to be discussed in the space allotted to me in The Weekender. I will just highlight two changes that I consider an improvement, and one that I expect will not have the results envisioned by the legislator.
The first change that in my personal opinion is an improvement, is the introduction of paternity leave. The current rules can be misinterpreted in a manner where fathers would not receive any leave if the one giving birth was not their legal spouse. Currently, the paternity leave is in most cases two days. According to article 7:629b of the ordinance, fathers will be given seven days of paternity leave.
The other change I applaud is the protection against gender discrimination, regulated in article 7:646 and further. This article forbids the employer from making...
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