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In the private sector, the length of your holidays is proportional to the number of days you actually during the year preceding the year in which you take your holidays. If you worked a full year, you are legally entitled to twenty days the following year in a regime consisting of a five-day week, and to 24 days in a regime consisting of a six-day week.

These holidays entitle you to a holiday bonus:

·         If you are a blue color worker, your holiday bonus is paid by a holiday fund or by the National Annual Holiday Office (Office national des vacances annuelles – ONVA). The amount depends on the salary you earned during the year preceding the one in which you are taking the holidays.

·         If you are an employee, your employer pays you the holiday bonus directly. It includes the salary normally owed for the holiday period plus a supplement, per month, worked (including sick leave) the previous year, equal to 1/12th of 92 percent of your gross salary for the month during which your holidays commence.

In the public sector, the number of days to which you are entitled depends on your age and the amount of work done in the current year. These holidays entitle you to a bonus you receive in the month of May, which consists of a fixed part and a variable part.

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Employees are entitled to 2 days off per week however it depends on their work schedule. Generally for white collar workers they get Saturdays and Sundays off but blue collar/shift workers might get an Sunday and Monday off depending on the shifts they work. Employees are also entitled to Bank Holidays as days off but if your sector/industry require you to work on these bank holidays you are entitled to either time off or overtime paid.

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https://www.vlaanderen.be/geboorteverlof-vaderschapsverlof

Birth leave (paternity leave)
As a father or co-parent you are entitled to 15 days of birth leave after the birth of your child. This applies to both employees and the self-employed.

Employees:
You have as a father or as co-parent
(open definition)right to 15 working days of maternity leave if the child was born since 1 January 2021.

The same term applies in case of multiple births.
You must take this leave within 4 months from the day of the delivery.
Those 15 days may be taken in one go or spread out.
During the first three days of the maternity leave, you will receive your full salary from your employer. During the following days you will receive a benefit from your health insurance fund.

Circumstance leave for teachers:
After your spouse or cohabiting partner has given birth, you are entitled to 10 days' circumstantial leave.

You must take this leave within a period of 4 months from the date of birth.
Minimum 5 consecutive days, unless your school accepts a different arrangement

Self-employed:
As a self-employed person, you can also temporarily interrupt your professional activity after the birth of a child with whom you have a parentage or co-parenting relationship. You are entitled to 15 days if your child was born since 1 January 2021.

During that period you will receive a benefit from your social insurance fund

Majid Yazdani

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if you work for a private sector employer, you can interrupt all or part of your performance through time credit for one of the regulatorily determined motives. These motives are: 'caring for his child under the age of 8', 'caring for or assisting his seriously ill minor child', 'caring for his disabled child under the age of 21', 'caring for or assisting a seriously ill family member', 'providing palliative care to someone with an incurable disease, who is terminal' or 'in a recognized education'.

For the motives 'care' you can obtain a complete interruption or a partial interruption up to half or with 1/5 for a maximum of 51 months. For the motive 'training', this duration is a maximum of 36 months. During the time credit with motive, the RVA can grant you a monthly benefit, as a replacement income. The amount of that benefit shall be flat-rate.

Plus, from the age of 55, you can also get time credit, which allows you to reduce your performance by half or by 1/5 until retirement. No motive is required for the time credit runway. You must have at least 25 years of professional history as an employed person for this. During the time credit runway, the RVA can grant you a monthly break allowance if you reach the age of 60. Exceptionally, you can be granted that benefit from the age of 55 if you meet one of the different conditions in the regulations (e.g. having at least 35 years of professional history as an employed person or having exercised a heavy occupation). The amount of that benefit shall be flat-rate.
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MOEDERSCHAPSVERLOF (Maternity leave)

Maternity leave for employees

If you are going to give birth, you are entitled to 15 weeks of maternity leave . Maternity leave consists of two parts:

Before birth ( 'maternity leave') : maximum 6 weeks (of which 1 week is compulsory)

After birth ( 'maternity leave' or 'maternity leave'): at least 9 weeks (mandatory).

You are no longer allowed to work one week before the expected delivery date. The remaining weeks (antenatal) maternity leave (up to 5 weeks so) you may transfer to the (postnatal) maternity leave. As a result, the postnatal leave can be a maximum of 14 weeks. The postnatal rest can also be extended by the duration that the newborn child remains in hospital after the first 7 days from birth (maximum 24 weeks).
If you are expecting multiple births , the maternity leave will last 17 weeks, but this can be extended to 19 weeks.

Before birth (maternity leave): maximum 8 weeks (of which 1 week is compulsory)

After birth (maternity rest or maternity leave): at least 9 weeks (mandatory).

Inform yourself thoroughly about your rights and obligations with your employer's personnel department, your trade union or your health insurance fund.
You are also entitled to leave if you adopt a child . That is called adoption leave .

Maternity leave for the self-employed

If you are going to give birth, you are entitled to 12 weeks of maternity leave . Maternity leave consists of two parts:

Before birth ( 'maternity leave') : a maximum of 3 weeks (of which 1 week must be taken)

After birth ( 'maternity leave' or 'maternity leave'): at least 9 weeks (of which 2 weeks must be taken).

If you are expecting multiple births , the maternity leave will last 13 weeks.
You do not have to take the non-compulsory weeks consecutively. You can take this according to your own choice from 3 weeks before the delivery to 38 weeks after the birth, in periods of 7 calendar days. As a self-employed person, you can also take the non-compulsory weeks part-time.

Maternity protection

Motherhood should not give rise to discrimination . Also during job interviews, an employer is in principle not allowed to ask questions about any pregnancy plans, unless those questions are relevant due to the nature of the work.

As soon as you are pregnant, it is in every interest to inform your employer . You do this by sending a medical certificate by registered mail or by handing it over and requesting a receipt. From that moment on, a number of legal protection measures come into effect. For example, you may be absent from work for a pregnancy test if this cannot take place outside working hours.

From that moment on you are also protected against dismissal . This protection against dismissal runs up to one month after the postnatal leave (including extensions).

Pregnant and breastfeeding workers are not allowed to work overtime . There are exceptions to this rule, for example for persons with a position of trust or persons with a managerial position. Nor can the employer oblige a pregnant employee to perform night work during a period of eight weeks before the expected date of delivery.

If you are pregnant, have just given birth and / or are breastfeeding, you may not work in labor posts or production units where you or your child run a health risk . In that case, your employer must adjust your working conditions or propose a modified position. If that is not possible, the prevention advisor-occupational physician may decide that you must temporarily stop working . In the event of such a total or partial deletion of (in case of complete work stoppage, this is also referred to as 'preventive leave' or 'prophylactic leave'), you can claim a benefit from the health insurance fund that covers your loss of wages.
To be entitled to maternity leave, you must meet the following administrative obligations:

you have completed a professional integration period of six months, or you are exempt from this waiting period;

you are an employee or unemployed person and have worked (or are looking for a job) for 120 days in the six months prior to your maternity leave;

you have paid a minimum amount of social security contributions;

there is no interruption of more than thirty days between the start date of your maternity leave and your last working day (or day of unemployment).

With the exception of the condition relating to the professional integration time, these are the same administrative conditions as those that apply to disability benefits.

What am I entitled to and how do I apply for the benefit?
The amount of the maternity benefit depends on your status (salaried employee, unemployed or self-employed) and your income.
If you are an employee, the maternity benefit amounts to:

82% of the unlimited salary during the first 30 days;

75% of the capped salary from the 31st day;

Maximum: € 110.23 per day from January 1, 2019.

If you are unemployed , the maternity benefit on 1 March 2020 will be:

a basic benefit equal to the amount of your unemployment benefit + a supplement of 19.5% of the gross salary, limited to € 116.85, during the first 30 days;

a basic benefit equal to the amount of your unemployment benefit + a supplement of 15% of the capped gross salary;

€ 110.23 after the 31st day.

If you are self-employed, the maternity benefit is a fixed amount per week. The sum is determined on the benefit that applied on the first day of your maternity leave. On 1 March 2020, the amount of the maternity benefit per week is set at € 499.54 for full-time and € 249.77 for half-time maternity leave.
Maternity benefits are paid by the health insurance fund. To claim maternity benefit, submit an application to your health insurance fund together with a medical certificate stating the expected date of delivery and the date of the start of the maternity leave period.
From Ngozi Anthonia Onuorah

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Compelling leave applies especially in the event of illness, an accident or hospitalization of a close relative. The leave may not exceed ten days per civil year. Usually it is not reimbursed.

- Victor

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Klein Verlet (Little Absence) In Belgian employment law terms means a type of paid leave for employees during certain events. You must inform your job/employer as early as possible and if you have any absence days available to cover this they must be used.

ADV
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When you work more hours per week than the stated amount in your contract, these overtime hours add up and when you have enough time, you can take these hours as leave another time. These are days are called ADV dagen.
- Katie

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- Paid Educational Leave
- Right granted to employees from the private sector to follow recognized training courses and to be absent from work while retaining their wages. So it's like a paid leave for attending an authorized course.
- Regions are responsible
- Adult education (social advancement education), language courses, vocational training, etc
-Employers receive a share of the employee wages back from Brussels Economy and Employment
-Application to employer
- Very Informative website -https://economie-werk.brussels/educatief-verlof-werknemers