- Phase
- Law on Employment Contracts of 3 July 1978
- Native name
- Loi sur le contrat de travail du 3 juillet 1978/Wet betreffende de arbeidsovereenkomsten (3 Juli 1978)
- Type
- Time off for job search
- Added to database
- 13 May 2015
Article
41, 64, 85 and 115
Description
Following the harmonisation of both blue-collar and white-collar status (in 2014), all workers are allowed to be absent once or twice a week (for a maximum number of hours corresponding to the hours usually worked in one day) during the notice period in order to look for a new job. In this case, the workers are entitled to their salary for the unworked period.
The general rule sets that workers may be absent half a day per week during the notice period. The permitted period of absence is extended to one day or two half days per week in some cases:
- During the last 26 weeks of the notice period if the duration thereof exceeds 26 weeks;
- Throughout the period of notice if it is less than or equal to 26 weeks; and
- During the whole notice period for workers in an outplacement scheme.
Sources
- Loi sur le contrat de travail
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Wet betreffende de arbeidsovereenkomsten
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Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue
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Bureau d'avocats Claeys and Engels (2008), La loi du 3 juillet 1978, 30 ans après... vue sous un angle différent - De Arbeidsovereenkomstenwet, na 30 jaar ... anders bekeken, 1ère Edition, Larcier, Bruxelles
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De Roy, Debray, Delvoie, Jacqmain, Leclercq, Michaux, Neven, Rijckaert, Van Gehuchten, van Wassenhove and Wantiez (2008), Les 30 ans de la loi du 3 juillet 1978 relative aux contrats de travail, Larcier, Bruxelles
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UCM
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Sluitstuk re-integratietraject arbeidsongeschikte werknemers
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Nieuwe regels inzake arbeidsongeschiktheid
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Belgium: Time off for job search, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/time-off-for-job-search/belgium