CHAPTER II - ENTERPRISES - ESTABLISHMENTS
SECTION I - DECLARATION OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE ENTERPRISE
Article 17
All employers to whom this Labour Law is applied, shall make a declaration to the Ministry in charge of Labour when opening an enterprise or establishment. This declaration, called a declaration of the opening of the enterprise or establishment, must be made in writing and be submitted to the Ministry in charge of Labour before the actual opening of the enterprise or establishment.
Employers who employ fewer than eight workers on a permanent basis and who do not use machinery, shall make and submit this declaration to the Ministry in charge of Labour within thirty days following the actual opening of the enterprise or establishment.
Article 18
For the closing of the enterprise, employers shall also make a declaration to the Ministry in charge of Labour within thirty days following the closing of the enterprise.
Article 19
A Prakas of the Ministry in charge of Labour shall define the formality and procedure of the declarations to follow in each case.
Article 20
Every employer shall establish and neatly keep a register of an establishment that was numbered and initialed by the Labour Inspector. The model of the register shall be set by a Prakas of the Ministry in charge of Labour.
SECTION II - DECLARATION ON MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL Article 21
Every employer must make the declaration to the Ministry in charge of Labour each time when hiring or dismissing a worker.
This declaration must be made in writing within fifteen days at the latest after the date of hiring or dismissal.
This period is extended to thirty days for agricultural enterprises. The declaration of hiring and dismissal is not applied to:
- Casual employment with a duration of less than thirty continuous days.
- Intermittent employment for which the actual length of employment does not exceed three months within twelve consecutive months.