Social Elections 2024 - The New Legislation Has Been Published!

On 1 June 2023, the federal parliament voted the law fixing the electoral calendar and making some amendments to the electoral legislation. The new law was published in the Belgian State Gazette today, 30 June 2023. The law enters into force immediately. We list for you the most important points in this newsflash.

• Election date (Day Y).

The law stipulates that social elections must be organised in the period running from 13 to 26 May 2024. This means that the starting shot of the election procedure (day X-60) will take place in the period from 15 to 28 December 2023.

It is best to check now which date suits your company. Here, in addition to the election date, some other dates may also be important, such as day X (the number of employees + temporary workers on that date determines the number of mandates) or day X-30 (start of the occult protection period), or day X+80 (handing over of the convocation letters). In companies employing staff with children in