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- It is understood that the competent national authority may, by way of exemption and after consulting organisations of employers and workers, exclude certain categories of workers from the protection provided in this provision by reason of the special nature of their employment relationship.
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- It is understood that the definition of the term ``insolvency" must be determined by national law and practice.
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- The workers' claims covered by this provision shall include at least:
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- a)the workers' claims for wages relating to a prescribed period, which shall not be less than three months under a privilege system and eight weeks under a guarantee system, prior to the insolvency or to the termination of employment;
- b)the workers' claims for holiday pay due as a result of work performed during the year in which the insolvency or the termination of employment occurred;
- c)the workers' claims for amounts due in respect of other types of paid absence relating to a prescribed period, which shall not be less than three months under a privilege system and eight weeks under a guarantee system, prior to the insolvency or the termination of the employment.
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- National laws or regulations may limit the protection of workers' claims to a prescribed amount, which shall be of a socially acceptable level.
