[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2017\u002Fbelgium-social-partners-agree-on-improvement-of-parental-leave-january-01-2017":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},11341,"belgium-social-partners-agree-on-improvement-of-parental-leave-january-01-2017","Belgium - Social partners agree on improvement of parental leave - January 01, 2017",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2017\u002Fbelgium-social-partners-agree-on-improvement-of-parental-leave-january-01-2017","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:23:12.429482+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F11341\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2017",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2017\u002Fbelgium-social-partners-agree-on-improvement-of-parental-leave-january-01-2017\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:34:11.080967+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>The social partners reached an agreement on the time credit for parental leave. In the past, it was even possible to take a period of non-motivated leave. However, this provision was forbidden in a royal decree by the government. The new agreement gives workers the right to apply for a fulltime, halftime or 20% leave, with a maximum of 51 months. The leave has to be motivated; valid grounds are the caretaking of children up to the age of 8 years, palliative care, the caretaking of a family member or relative that is seriously ill or the care for handicapped and seriously ill children (up to 21 years).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>French: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.7sur7.be\u002F7s7\u002Ffr\u002F1521\u002FCarriere\u002Farticle\u002Fdetail\u002F3035816\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F20\u002FCredit-temps-attention-changements.dhtml\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.7sur7.be … \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Text of the agreement (in French): \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnt-nar.be\u002FCCT-ORIG\u002Fcct-103-ter-(20.12.2016).pdf\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnt-nar.be\u002FCCT-ORIG … \u003C\u002Fa>  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dutch: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.hln.be\u002Fhln\u002Fnl\u002F33722\u002FVacature\u002Farticle\u002Fdetail\u002F3035857\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F20\u002FGeen-tijdskrediet-meer-zonder-motief.dhtml\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.hln.be\u002Fhln\u002Fnl … \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Text of the agreement (in Dutch): \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnt-nar.be\u002FCAO-ORIG\u002Fcao-103-ter-(20.12.2016).pdf\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnt-nar.be\u002FCAO-ORIG … \u003C\u002Fa>   \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Willy De Backer \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:wdebacker@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">wdebacker@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. 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