Does Belgian labour law apply to seconded employees?
If you have been posted to Belgium from your home country it is often the case that you remain subject to the terms and conditions of your initial home contract, which may have an attachment specifying certain additional labour conditions related to your employment in Belgium. As such, many posted employees mainly remain subject to the employment laws of their home country. You and your employer are indeed free to contractually determine whether the employment contract will be governed by either Belgian or foreign law, by explicitly inserting a choice of law clause in the employment contract. In the absence of any choice, the contract will be governed by the laws of the country in which you habitually carry out your work, unless it appears from the circumstances as a whole that the employment is more closely connected with another country. Are Belgian holiday regulations applicable? Generally speaking, if an employment contract is not governed by Belgian law, some mandatory provisions
