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Thessaloniki, 6th juni 2011 Piet Van den Bergh
Thessaloniki, 6th juni 2011
Piet Van den Bergh
Paid educational leave
= Betaald educatief verlof / Congé-éducation payé
= Training leave for the employee• Number of hours salary guaranteed (max. 120)• Salary cost compensated by fund
= also used for vocational training• Employers / sectoral joint committees organise trainings• Salary cost compensated by fund
Social partners
recognise the need for training
Since 1999-2000 agreement on national level1,9 % of salary cost should be dedicated to training50 % of employees should participate
System of “Paid educational leave” is one of the instrumentswith the double (implicit) objective
Paid educational leave
= Training leave for the employee• Criteria for courses (e.g. weekend, evenings, …)• Negative lists (e.g. Floral Design)
= also used for vocational training• In principle same criteria apply• Training courses can also be recognised :
• by sectoral joint committees• by federal joint committee on paid educational leave
Trade unions
Double goal acceptance by all parties
“Vocational training” part is already well targetedby joint committees
“Training leave” part should be more targeted
• Increase hours of training leave for employees without
degree of secondary education (120 => 180)
• Give rights to all part-time workers
• Temporary agency workers
