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Flemish Parliament 2025-2026 – nr. 847 Employment Passed

Updates to Flemish employment, social inspection, and vocational training rules

Official title: Ontwerp van decreet tot wijziging van de wet van 30 april 1999 betreffende de tewerkstelling van buitenlandse werknemers, de wet van 20 juli 2001 tot bevordering van buurtdiensten en -banen, het decreet houdende sociaalrechtelijk toezicht van 30 april 2004, het decreet van 7 mei 2004 tot oprichting van het publiekrechtelijk vormgegeven extern verzelfstandigd agentschap "Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding" en het decreet van 10 juni 2016 tot regeling van bepaalde aspecten van alternerende opleidingen

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘published in the Belgian Official Gazette’)

In plain language

  • This proposal updates rules concerning social inspection, digital service vouchers, VDAB governance, and dual vocational learning.
  • It mainly affects employers, service voucher companies, students in vocational tracks, and inspection authorities.
  • For you, it ensures better oversight against fraud with service vouchers and a clearer structure for learning in the workplace.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

Official text (PDF) Parliamentary file

From proposal to law

  1. Submitted 11 May 2026
  2. Approved by parliament 17 June 2026
  3. Given royal assent by the government not yet
  4. Published in the Belgian Official Journal not yet
  5. In force not yet

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How parliament voted

Passed on 17 June 2026

97 for · 0 against · 18 abstention(s)

A parliamentary group is the group of members of parliament from one party. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

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  • N-VA Voted for

    30 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Vlaams Belang Voted for

    28 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Vooruit Voted for

    16 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • cd&v Voted for

    15 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Groen Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 9 abstentions

  • PVDA Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 8 abstentions

  • Anders. Voted for

    7 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Onafhankelijke Voted for

    1 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Team Fouad Ahidar Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 1 abstention

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