Belgium: different types of leaves booming

More types of leaves and more beneficiaries. Leave for imperative reason, time credit, leave to care for a very sick parent, maternity leave, paternity leave, breastfeeding leave… there are more and more systems that are increasingly attractive for potential beneficiaries. For the 13 leave systems studied by the CNT in its report no. 76, the number of beneficiaries increased. Between 2006 and 2008, ‘small unemployment,’ also known as ‘circumstance leave’ because it affects days the worker may take – 1 to 5 – for some family events (wedding, ordination, summons to a court…) increased of over 32%; palliative care leave, 20%; leave to care for a very sick parent, 60%; and 34% for parental leave.
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ciaries. For the 13 leave systems studied by the CNT in its report no. 76, the number of beneficiaries increased. Between 2006 and 2008, ‘small unemployment,’ also known as ‘circumstance leave’ because it affects days the worker may take – 1 to 5 – for some family events (wedding, ordination, summons to a court…) increased of over 32%; palliative care leave, 20%; leave to care for a very sick parent, 60%; and 34% for parental leave.

The CNT points to the risk of overlapping for instance between

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