46           Employee Rights in Bankruptcy.  A Comparative-Law Assessment.

CONTENTS

Foreword        5

List of Abbreviations Used        8

CHAPTER 1

Introduction      10

1. Design, aim and limits of the study       10

2.     Bankruptcy and the foreign equivalents    11

CHAPTER 2                                                                                              

The Pay Claim in Bankruptcy        13

     1.          Introduction       13

     2.          Pay claims dating from after the bankruptcy judgment       13

     3.          Pay claims dating from prior to the bankruptcy judgment       16

     4.          Comparison of the significance of the ranking of pay claims in bankruptcy    18

 CHAPTER 3                                                                                              

Acceptance of Liability for Pay Claims by Guarantee Institutions    20

    1.          Introduction and review of the guarantee schemes     20

    2.          Scope of the guarantee schemes    22

    3.          Limitation of the guarantee institutions’ liability     22

    4.          Financing and recovery    25

5.          Comparison of the role of the guarantee institutions in bankruptcy situations  26

CHAPTER 4                                                                                              

Protection Against Dismissal in Bankruptcy     28

    1.          Introduction      28

    2.          Possibilities of dismissal in bankruptcy situations      28

    3.          Judicial control of dismissal to enforce the law in general       31

    4.          Fixed-term contracts and specific bans on dismissal      33

    5.          Notice periods   36

    6.          Compensation for dismissal and redundancy payments      39

    7.          Collective dismissal        43

    8.          Comparison of dismissals law and protection against dismissal in bankruptcy situations     46

CHAPTER 5                                                                                              

Business Transfers in the Context of Bankruptcy          47

    1.          Introduction         47

    2.          Bankruptcy-related business transfers in Germany       48

    3.          Bankruptcy-related business transfers in Belgium       49

    4.          Bankruptcy-related business transfers in Britain      50

    5.          Bankruptcy-related business transfers in the Netherlands       51

6.          Comparison of the various systems as regards bankruptcy-related business transfers      53

    7.          New developments         53

CHAPTER 6                                                                                              

Participation Rights in Bankruptcy        55

    1.          Introduction         55

    2.          Participation and the bankruptcy petition       55

    3.          Participation and decisions by the receiver       57

    4.          Comparison of participation rights in bankruptcy situations        61

CHAPTER 7                                                                                              

Conclusions        62

Contributors

Prof. dr. A. T. J. M. Jacobs

together with 

Prof. mr. R. D. Vriesendorp

Prof. dr. R. Blanpain

Prof. mr. W. J. P. M. Fase

Mr S. Sonke

Translated by Rita Inston