Belgium: enforcement of the welcoming leave

The Royal Decree sets the welcoming leave to a maximum of six days per calendar year as opposed to ten days in the draft Royal Decree adopted by the Council of Ministers last year (see our dispatch No. 070251). During these days, the performance of the labor contract is suspended and the worker cannot ask the employer for any remuneration. In order to compensate this loss of income, the worker using the welcoming leave will receive compensation. If the host family is composed of two people, who are both designated as host parents, the six welcoming days must be divided between the two.
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href=”/?p=32372″>see our dispatch No. 070251). During
these days, the performance of the labor contract is suspended and the worker
cannot ask the employer for any remuneration. In order to compensate this loss
of income, the worker using the welcoming leave will receive compensation. If the
host family is composed of two people, who are both designated as host parents,
the six welcoming days must be divided between the two.

Conditions to appeal to the welcoming leave. The workers
designated as

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