Both in Flanders and in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, autumn half-term break will be extended by 2 days this year. Apart from the initially planned holiday week, pupils will also have holidays on 9 and 10 November.
Moreover, secondary school pupils in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation will have to stay at home and follow distance learning courses for 3 days from Wednesday 28 October.
For these two situations, the ONEm/RVA has announced that employees who have to take time off from work to look after their children will be able to receive temporary unemployment benefits due to force majeure.
We will keep you updated as soon as we have more information.