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Proposal to limit one-day sick leave without a doctor's note
Official title: Wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van de wet van 3 juli 1978 betreffende de arbeidsovereenkomsten, wat betreft de vrijstelling van het geneeskundig getuigschrift voor de eerste dag van arbeidsongeschiktheid.
Status: Parliament is still discussing this proposal, for example in a committee or while waiting for advice. (parliament: ‘Pending in the Chamber’)
In plain language
- Employees would be allowed to call in sick without a doctor's note only once per calendar year, down from twice.
- This proposal applies to employees and employers governed by the Belgian employment contracts law.
- In practice, the second time you fall ill within the same year, you must provide a medical certificate from the very first day.
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How parliament voted
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