Federal Learning Account abolished: what changes?

The Federal Learning Account (FLA) was a federal registration system in which employees' completed training was recorded, linked to the individual training right that has existed since the 2022 labour deal (Arbeidsdeal). Employers and employees could check via the mycareer.be platform how many training days had been taken. In other words, the FLA was a registration instrument, not a legal obligation in itself — the obligation to offer and take up training existed before the FLA and stands apart from it.

The abolition was voted on 18 December 2025 and formally laid down in the law of 14 January 2026. The FLA was abolished as of 1 January 2026. From that date, the registration obligation for employers has lapsed entirely: there is no longer any federal obligation to enter training data into a central system.

Worth knowing: a lot of information currently circulating online — including from some advisory firms — still describes the FLA as an active system. So do not simply assume that older articles or checklists are correct; always check the date of the source.

What lapses: the registration obligation in the Federal Learning Account itself. You no longer have to register federally which training your employees completed.

What remains — and this is the key point of this page:

• The training plan remains mandatory for employers with 20 or more employees. You draw it up annually, submit the draft to the works council or trade union delegation in early March, obtain advice by 15 March, and adopt the final plan by 31 March at the latest. The plan is valid for at least one year and is filed within one month of its entry into force via transfer.werk.belgie.be.
• Your employees' individual training right also continues to apply in full. With 20 or more employees, this is federally at least 5 training days per year per full-time employee (this was 4 days in 2023, and has been 5 days since 2024). With 10 to 19 employees, a federal minimum of 1 training day per year applies. Below 10 employees there is no federal minimum. Sectoral collective agreements may deviate from these minimums — so check the arrangements of your joint committee (paritair comité).

In other words: the FLA disappeared, but your training obligations did not. Anyone who thought the FLA's abolition freed them from all this administration is mistaken.

Data registered before the abolition remains available for a while. You can consult it via www.mycareer.be until 31 December 2026 inclusive. After that, it will be permanently deleted. Employers who want to keep this history for their own HR records, social consultation or a possible inspection would do well to consult the data in good time and archive it themselves before that date.

An individual learning account has been announced, which is expected to take over the FLA's role from 2027. However, this is not yet regulated by law: there is no definitive legislation yet, no start date with force of law, and no clarity on exactly how it will work. For now, treat this as an announcement, not a certainty — and follow the official communications from werk.belgie.be for updates.

Without a central federal registration system, the tracking in practice falls to you. In concrete terms, this means:

• Keep your own record of completed training per employee — formal and informal — so that you can demonstrate that the individual training right is being respected.
• Use that record as the basis for your annual training plan, if you have 20 or more employees.
• Archive relevant historical data from mycareer.be before 31 December 2026, if you still need it.
• Follow the development of the announced individual learning account, without building policy on it just yet.

You do not have to maintain that record manually in a spreadsheet: Smart Lions registers completed training and automatically calculates your employees' training rights, with a free tier.

To give substance to your training plan or individual training right, you can browse concrete, bookable training per sector in the sector overview. Each sector page, such as the one for construction or white-collar employees, shows the current offer matching your joint committee. More background on the training plan obligation and the individual training right can also be found on the guides page.

Smart Lions automatically tracks completed training and training rights, forming the basis for your annual training plan. You start for free, whatever your company size; more extensive plans from € 10 per month (excl. VAT). Via this link you can also test the full application free for 30 days.

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Sources: FPS Employment — The Federal Learning Account will soon disappear · FPS Employment — Training plans · FPS Employment — Individual training right · MyCareer.be