The employer allows the time required to carry out their duties:
1° To each of the full members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee;
2° To the union representatives on the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least five hundred and one employees;
3° To the union representatives on the central social and economic committee of the undertaking in undertakings with at least five hundred and one employees where none of the separate establishments reaches this threshold.
The number of delegation hours for the representatives mentioned in 1° to 3°, set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat according to both the number of employees in the undertaking or establishment and the number of delegation members, may not be less than ten hours per month in undertakings with fewer than fifty employees and sixteen hours in other undertakings.