Leave for urgent reason

Principle

(Article 30bis of the law of July 3rd, 1978)

A worker has the right to be absent for “urgent reasons"

(1) particularly in cases of illness, accident or hospitalization of a person living under the same roof.

(1) Urgent reason means any unforeseeable event, independent of work, requiring the urgent and indisputable intervention of the worker, provided that the execution of the employment contract makes this intervention impossible.

You are allowed to be absent during the time required for addressing the situation you are facing; that is to say, the required time for an urgent and indispensable intervention. The duration of absence may not exceed 10 working days per calendar year. For part-time workers, the maximum period of absence is proportional to the time of work done (e.g. a part-time worker is entitled to a period of 5 working days maximum per calendar year).

Prior notice to your employer

Your employer must be notified in advance (no prior deadline has been stated by the Law). The leave must be used strictly in the context of the reason it has been granted. At the request of your employer, you must prove the urgent reason.

Financial compensation

These days of absence are not paid unless your employer has decided so.