The Belgian Federal Public Employment Service has recently issued (non-binding) guidance on to what extent temporary workers should be taken into account when determining the number of mandates in the forthcoming social elections.
It has confirmed that it will only be the temporary workers employed on ‘day X’ who do not replace a permanent worker whose contract is suspended that are entitled to vote. Furthermore, temporary workers do not have to be taken into account with respect to the distribution of the mandates amongst the different categories on employees.