My employee’s temporary contract is about to end. What do I have to do?

In principle, a temporary contract ends automatically – without a need for prior notice – on the agreed end date.

You must inform the employee about the continuation of the employment relation no later than one month before the end of the contract (‘notification obligation’). You must notify your employee in writing whether or not the employment contract will be continued and if so, under what conditions. What if you do not notify the employee (on time) whether or not the employment contract will be continued? In that case you are obliged to pay the employee a compensation. If you do not fulfil the notification obligation and the contract will be continued, the contract will be deemed to be continued for the same time (but for a maximum period of one year) under the same conditions. You do not have a notification obligation in the case of a temporary contract in which the end date is not set on a calendar date or which has a duration of less than six months.