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If your maternity leave is extended by at least 2 weeks after the 9 weeks of mandatory postnatal rest (11 weeks for multiple births), you can convert the last 2 weeks into postnatal leave days. You can take these days during the first 8 weeks after resuming work, to make the transition more gradual.

As a working mother, you receive 82% of your gross salary for the first 30 days (no maximum amount). From the 31st day this is 75% of the capped gross salary. The benefit is transferred twice a month. As an unemployed mother, you receive 60% of the reference wage (amount on which your unemployment benefit is calculated) for the first 30 days, but limited to the amount of the unemployment benefit and the supplement of 19.50% of the reference wage. From the 31st day, this drops to 60% of the reference wage, but limited to the amount of unemployment benefit and the supplement of 15% of the reference wage. The benefit is transferred twice a month. The benefit for self-employed mothers is a fixed amount per week. For the first four weeks, that amount is slightly higher than from the fifth week. Do you choose to continue your activities as a self-employed person for a maximum of half of the time for one or more weeks? Lower amounts are then provided. You can find the exact amounts here . A

The maternity leave for employees and the unemployed is 15 weeks, divided into 2 periods: 6 weeks of prenatal rest (the rest before your expected delivery date); 9 weeks of postnatal rest (the rest after your expected delivery date). You must take at least 1 week of the 6 weeks of prenatal rest before the expected date of delivery. You can convert the remaining 5 weeks into postnatal rest. The postnatal rest always starts from the date of delivery and must last 9 weeks. You can possibly extend the period with the transferable part of the prenatal rest. The maternity leave for self-employed persons is a maximum of 12 weeks: 3 of these are mandatory, of which 1 week is prenatal (before your expected delivery date). You must include the other 2 starting from the date of delivery; You can choose to take 9 weeks in periods of 7 calendar days. During these weeks you may carry out your self-employed activities for a maximum of half instead of stopping them completely.

As a pregnant employee, you may, with full pay, be absent from work to have pregnancy examinations carried out. This provided that: the investigations cannot take place outside working hours; the employer has been informed in advance; a medical certificate confirms the absence.

If the occupational physician does not allow you to resume work because you are breastfeeding , you fall under the work removal scheme and therefore receive a benefit from CM, also known as breastfeeding leave . If you decide to stay at home to breastfeed, you are not entitled to a refund from CM. In this case, you stay at home without pay or you can fall back on a time credit system, which can be applied for through the RVA and the unemployment institutions. A period of work removal can only be granted if there is a contract between employer and employee. If the contract is terminated , the removal of work and therefore also the benefits from CM automatically come to an end. If you have no other job, you must register with an unemployment institution in order to have a replacement income. The situations below involve partial work removal . You work for 1 employer and are assigned alternative work or you are only allowed to continue part of your regular work, which means you suffer a

You have to deliver CM: a certificate completed by the employer; a certificate from the occupational physician regarding the decision to commit compulsory removal from work (both in the case of removal from work during pregnancy and after birth); a medical certificate drawn up by your doctor with the expected date of delivery and, if applicable, the statement that it concerns a multiple pregnancy (only in case of absence from work during pregnancy). You will receive: an information sheet: complete it as quickly as possible and submit it to CM. Your employer receives the request for salary data directly from CM. In the event of unemployment, the unemployment service provides the data. proof of return to work: return it completed to CM within 8 days after the end of work removal.

If the work situation poses health risks for you or your child, the occupational physician may decide that you are no longer allowed to work in those circumstances. The employer must check whether alternative employment without health risks is possible. If that is not the case, you must stop the work completely. Work removal is possible both during pregnancy and after birth (up to a maximum of five months after delivery). Its duration is determined by the occupational physician.