As a temporary worker, you have the right to the same benefits as your permanent colleagues. This also applies to a leave of absence (short leave). A leave of absence allows you to be absent from work without losing your salary.
There are many reasons for a leave of absence, and the website of the Federal Government lists them all: https://werk.belgie.be/nl/themas/arbeidsovereenkomsten/schorsing-van-de-arbeidsovereenkomst/oorzaken-van-schorsing-hoofde-12
Here are the most common ones:
Marriage
- If you are getting married yourself, you are entitled to two days off in the week of your wedding or the week following it.
- If you are not getting married yourself, it depends on who is getting married. In the case of your child, (in-law) brother or sister, (in-law) father or mother, or grandchild, you are entitled to a day off on the day of the wedding.
Death
This depends on the relationship with the deceased person.
- For your spouse or cohabiting partner, or one of your or your partner's children, you are entitled to 10 days off. This includes 3 days between the death and the funeral, and 7 days that can be taken in the year following the death.
- For your father or mother, father-in-law or mother-in-law, stepfather or stepmother, or those of your spouse or cohabiting partner, you are entitled to 3 days off between the death and the funeral.
- For your (in-law) brother or sister, (great) grandfather or (great) grandmother, (great-grand)child, or a son-in-law or daughter-in-law who lives with you, you are entitled to 2 days off between the death and the funeral.
- For your (in-law) brother or sister, (great) grandfather or (great) grandmother, (great-grand)child, or a son-in-law or daughter-in-law who does not live with you, you are entitled to a day off on the day of the funeral.
