Employee's leave for marriage or Civil partnership
Verified 27 March 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The employee benefits from days off on the occasion of his marriage or at the conclusion of a Civil partnerships: titleContent. We present you the information to know.
The employee receives a specific leave on the occasion of his marriage or the conclusion of a Civil partnerships: titleContent.
FYI
Civil partnerships and marriage are 2 separate events, everyone shall be entitled to leave.
If the employee has been granted leave on the occasion of entering into a Civil partnership, he may subsequently be granted, again, a leave of absence on the occasion of his marriage.
No, there is no seniority requirement for the benefit of the leave.
The employee benefits from leave for marriage or Civil partnership as soon as he or she is integrated into the company, whether he or she is DTA: titleContent , in FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent or in acting contract.
The duration of your leave is 4 days.
Some treaty provisions may provide for a longer period of leave.
The applicable collective agreement is the one that covers the company's main activity.
A simulator is used to determine the number of days of leave for family events provided for in the collective agreement:
Know the number of family event leave provided for by the collective agreement
The days of absence are counted in working days (unless more favorable treaty or collective provisions apply).
The duration of the marriage leave cannot be deducted from the number of days of paid leave employee's annual report.
Reminder
Civil partnerships and marriage are 2 separate events, everyone shall be entitled to leave.
If the employee has been granted a 4-day leave on the occasion of the conclusion of a Civil partnerships: titleContent, it may subsequently benefit, again, a 4-day leave on the occasion of his marriage.
The duration of the leave shall be 4 days.
However, treaty provisions may provide for a period of leave higher.
The applicable collective agreement is the one that covers the company's main activity.
A simulator is used to determine the number of days of leave for family events provided for in the collective agreement:
Know the number of family event leave provided for by the collective agreement
The days of absence are counted in working days (unless more favorable treaty or collective provisions apply).
The length of the Civil partnership leave cannot be deducted from the number of days of paid leave employee's annual report.
The employee can take his leave in the period during which his Civil partnership was concluded or his marriage took place, but not necessarily on the same day.
The Labor Code does not provide for this.
It is therefore advisable to make this declaration to your employer as soon as possible.
Upon his return to the company, the employee must give his employer a copy the marriage certificate or the agreement of his Civil partnerships.
Leave days are paid normally, as if they had been worked.
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