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Date: 27 October 2026 Audience: student workers in Belgium and their parents Language: standard English Chosen topic: holiday pay, youth holiday and supplementary holiday for student workers in Belgium Proposed title: Holiday pay and your student job: what you build up in 2026 for 2027 Meta title: Holiday pay student job Belgium 2026 - Recruit a Student Meta description: A student job under 650 hours earns no holiday pay in Belgium. Here is what does count, what youth holiday is worth, and the February deadline. Keywords: holiday pay student job Belgium, youth holiday Belgium, student work 650 hours, solidarity contribution, student contract Belgium, jeugdvakantie, supplementary holiday, student employment agency Belgium
Sources used:
- Student@work (NSSO), Your pay and benefits: https://www.studentatwork.be/nl/je-loon-en-voordelen.html (consulted 27 October 2026)
- RVA/ONEM, info sheet T11 on youth holiday, last updated 1 September 2026: https://www.rva.be/burgers/verlof/hebt-u-recht-op-de-jeugdvakantie (consulted 27 October 2026)
- RVA/ONEM, youth holiday gross amounts, valid from 1 September 2026: https://www.rva.be/documentatie/bedragen/jeugdvakantie (consulted 27 October 2026)
- Securex, calculation of blue-collar holiday pay, updated 20 January 2026: https://www.securex.be/nl/lex4you/werkgever/themas/vakantie-afwezigheid/jaarlijkse-vakantie/hoe-wordt-het-vakantiegeld-van-de-arbeiders-berekend (consulted 27 October 2026)
- Securex, when holiday pay is paid out, updated 20 January 2026: https://www.securex.be/nl/lex4you/werkgever/themas/vakantie-afwezigheid/jaarlijkse-vakantie/wanneer-wordt-het-vakantiegeld-betaald (consulted 27 October 2026)
- Securex, the three-month run-up period for European or supplementary holiday: https://www.securex.be/nl/lex4you/werkgever/themas/vakantie-afwezigheid/jaarlijkse-vakantie/een-aanloopperiode-van-3-maand-achter-de-rug-hebben (consulted 27 October 2026)
