Employment Contract Termination Notice Period Following Mandate Termination

An employee, whose employment contract was terminated after being informed of a decision to terminate his mandate, sued for wrongful dismissal, arguing that the notice period for termination of the employment contract should have commenced only after the notice period for the termination of his mandate had expired. The court ruled that the termination of the employment contract, even if resulting from the termination of the mandate, was effective immediately upon notification, and since the employee received notification of the contract termination, the notice period began then, not upon the subsequent expiration of the mandate termination notice, leading to the cassation of the lower court's decision which had incorrectly linked the start dates.