Leave Entitlement Calculator Belgien 2026

Belgium pays maternity and paternity leave at 82% rather than in full, and layers a country-specific time-credit system (crédit-temps / tijdskrediet) on top of ordinary parental leave.

Maternity leave
15 weeks @ 82%
Paternity leave
20 days @ 82%
Parental leave
17 weeks @ 50%
Annual leave
20 days

Maternity leave (repos de maternité) is 15 weeks at 82% of capped pay: the mutuelle pays 82% of uncapped salary for the first 30 days and 75% of capped salary afterwards, with one week compulsory before and nine weeks compulsory after the birth.

Birth leave for the co-parent is 20 days at 82%, of which the employer pays the first three days in full and the health insurance fund covers the remainder — a split-funding rule specific to Belgium.

Parental leave (congé parental) gives 17 weeks per parent per child at roughly 50% via an ONEM/RVA allowance, and can be taken full-time, half-time, one-fifth-time or one-tenth-time until the child turns twelve. Beyond it, the crédit-temps scheme allows career interruption with an allowance for care, training or end-of-career purposes — a mechanism with no equivalent in the German or Portuguese systems.

Statutory annual leave is 20 days on a five-day week, but Belgian holiday pay is unusual: employees receive double holiday pay (double pécule de vacances) worth roughly 92% of a month's salary, normally paid in May or June, and blue-collar workers receive it from a national holiday fund rather than from their employer.

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🇧🇪 Rettigheder i Belgien

Barsel

15 uger (82%)

Fædreorlov

20 dage (82%)

Forældreorlov

17 uger (50%)

Årlig ferie

20 dage

Første 30 dage: 82%.

Barselsorlov
Simulering for Belgien

15

uger (105 dage)

77%

af løn

Normal månedlig løn:1.500,00 €
Månedlig under orlov:1.155,00 €
I alt at modtage:4.042,50 €
Forskel vs. normal løn:-1.207,50 €

Sygeorlov i Belgien:

60% (sygekasse)

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⚠️ Vejledende værdier baseret på generel 2026-lovgivning. Konsulter social sikring.

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Rettigheder til orlov varierer betydeligt.

Barselsorlov

Fra 14 uger (EU-minimum) til over 20 uger.

Fædreorlov

Spanien tilbyder 16 uger med 100% løn.

Delt Forældreorlov

Sverige leder med 480 dages delt orlov. Danmark tilbyder 52 uger i alt.

Årlig Ferie

EU-minimum er 4 uger. Danmark tilbyder 5 ugers ferie.

Sygeorlov

Tyskland tilbyder 6 uger med 100%, derefter 70%.

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