SECTION 124

(1) A local elected official not holding an executive position in the local authority shall enjoy the right, with regard to his employer, to participate in the sessions and activities of the local authority. (2) Where the employer is informed, in writing, at least three days prior to the date of the session or activity, such employer shall be bound to adjust the local elected official's work schedule or give him enough time to participate especially in: - sessions of the deliberative organ; - meetings of committees set up by the deliberative organ; - meetings of the deliberative assemblies and the bureaus of bodies, and in other meetings at which the elected official sits in for the local authority. (3) The absence of a local elected official from his place of work as a result of his participation in the sessions of the deliberative organ may not lead to a downgrade in category or salary scale, disciplinary action or termination of the employment contract, under pain of payment of damages to the local elected official. (4) The local elected official wishing to suspend his employment contract to fully devote himself to the discharge of his duties must inform his employer by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt. (5) The agreement reached shall grant the person requesting it a mere suspension of the effects of his employment contract until the expiry of his term of office. (6) At the expiry of his term of office, the local elected official whose contract was suspended may, if he so wishes, resume his professional activity and secure an equivalent position within two months. II - Right to Session Allowance