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Marriage in Belgium: how many extra days of holidays under Belgian legislation
I've no idea what 'congé de circonstances' means but, when we got married here - working in the private sector - we got 3 days off. Also, as we got married on a working day, the witnesses also got a day off.
The commune provided official certificates to be presented to the various employers to justify the extra days off. And, incidentally, we didn't apply for them, the commune just produced them as part of the marriage paperwork ritual.
that piece of detail would have been useful when you first asked the question :)
The site of SETCa says 2 days: http://www.setca.org/Mes%20Droits/Pages/Petitchomage.aspx
so does this site: http://www.pratik.be/emploi/conge.htm
But we received 3 days but that is because my company gives an extra day. You need to request a copy of your convention collective and find out what it says in there.
It depends on which commission paritaire is applied at your work. The most common in private sector is CP218, for which the congé de circonstances in case of the employee him/herself is getting married is 3 days = the day of the marriage sermon + two days either during the week of the sermon or the week right after. For public servants it is 3 days and in most of the other sectors 2 days, but there is some variation. To be sure what applies, verify with your HR or payroll. Most companies require that you deliver them the certificate proving your right for day off, best check up front so you know ask for the right paper from the commune.
As said above some companies do give extra days, those should be defined in the work rules of your company.
