Public holidays in Belgium
- Public holidays in Belgium
In Belgium there are twelve official public holidays. Two of them always fall on a Sunday. Other holidays are also celebrated, but these are not official public holidays, and employers are not obliged to give their employees a day off. However, some employers do award a day's holiday in accordance with union negotiations.
Public holidays
As in 2008 Labor Day and Ascension will both be on May 1, employers are required to declare an additional holiday on another day in the month. May 2 had been proclaimed as the official day for this, but, in response to complaints by several industries, the government decided that the holiday could be placed on any date. In any event, most employers seem to have decided to keep May 2 as the date.
Holidays celebrated in Belgium that are not official public holidays
The days of the three communities are holidays for their civil servants and for employees of institutions controlled, supervised of financed by them (e.g. municipalities, universities) and may also be observed by banks in the concerned community. King's feast is a holiday observed by all (i.e. federal, community or regional, provincial and local) administrations.
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