#2026-544Social Benefits for Employees Holding Municipal Mandates
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This decree defines which workplace social benefits must be protected for employees who hold municipal elected mandates. It lists benefits that employers and works councils cannot deny because an employee serves in a municipal role. The covered benefits include meal vouchers, holiday vouchers, service vouchers, gift vouchers, personal transport cost support, social and cultural benefits from the works council, complementary social protection schemes, and any other benefits created by collective agreement, employer decision, or workplace practice.
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Key Changes
- Defines the social benefits protected for employees holding municipal mandates
- Covers meal vouchers, holiday vouchers, service vouchers, gift vouchers, transport support, works council benefits, and complementary social protection
- Extends protection to any other benefit created by collective agreement, employer decision, or workplace practice
Obligations
What this law requires
Employers must not deny or restrict employees' entitlement to meal vouchers because the employee holds a municipal elected mandate.
Employers must not deny or restrict employees' entitlement to holiday vouchers because the employee holds a municipal elected mandate.
Employers must not deny or restrict employees' entitlement to universal service employment vouchers because the employee holds a municipal elected mandate.
Employers must not deny or restrict employees' entitlement to gift vouchers because the employee holds a municipal elected mandate.
Employers must not deny or restrict employees' benefits relating to reimbursement or support for personal transport costs because the employee holds a municipal elected mandate.