The parties to the contract agree on the principle of a contractual termination during one or more meetings at which the employee may be assisted:
1° Either by a person of his choice from the company’s staff, whether an employee holding a trade union mandate or an employee who is a member of a staff representative institution or any other employee;
2° Or, if there is no staff representative body in the company, by an employee adviser chosen from a list drawn up by the administrative authority.
During the interview(s), the employer has the option of being assisted if the employee makes use of this option. The employee informs the employer in advance; if the employer also wishes to be assisted, he in turn informs the employee.
The employer may be assisted by a person of his choice from the company’s staff or, in companies with fewer than fifty employees, by a person belonging to his employers’ union or by another employer in the same industry.