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05/07/24
05/07/24
Jones Day’s Brussels Office strengthens its Labor & Employment Practice

The global law firm Jones Day announced that Sara Vanderstraeten has joined the Firm as of counsel in its Labor & Employment Practice. Ms. Vanderstraeten is based in Jones Day…

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23/02/24
23/02/24
Legal interest rate for 2024

The legal interest rate for 2024 increases to 5.75%.

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01/12/23
01/12/23
Malissa Begtas joins the Employment, Pensions & Mobility team at Taylor Wessing in Brussels…

Starting from 1 December 2023, counsel Malissa Begtas will be joining the Employment, Pensions & Mobility team of Taylor Xessing in Brussels. With over a decade of experience i…

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18/11/24
Can employees who have not yet started their outplacement ta…

An employee who is dismissed with a notice period or who performs a notice …

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06/11/24
Het Sociaal Strafwetboek hervormd: wat zijn de belangrijkste…

Het Sociaal Strafwetboek onderging een belangrijke hervorming, en dit kan b…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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03/01/13
What is still to happen from a social law point of view within your company before the end of the year?

2013 is getting closer. Yet, from a social law point of view, there are still a few things set to happen within your company before the end-of-year ho…

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02/01/13
Social security of company agents: the Belgian rules do not comply with European law

The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently considered that the Belgian rules on the submission of company agents to the social security s…

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02/01/13
The amounts of remuneration in the law of 3 July 1978: analysis and adjustments

The law of 3 July 1978 contains various articles in which the yearly gross remuneration is, on the one hand, a criterion of validity of some clauses a…

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02/01/13
Parties for staff: what about the responsibility of the employer?

In this article, we want to give some tips on the organisation of parties for staff.

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28/12/12
Impact Wage Bracket 2013-2014 on Remuneration Policy

In view of the budgetary measures for 2013-2014, the Belgian Government decided to maintain the automatic indexation mechanism, but to apply a wage br…

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28/12/12
Het begrip "bezoldiging" in de zin van art. 31 WIB92

Cass. 23.11.2012: "Het begrip "bezoldiging" in de zin van art. 31 WIB92, omvat niet de gelden die een werknemer zich onrechtmatig heeft toegeëigend te…

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26/12/12
fixation de la durée de préavis: incidence des actes préparatoires à l’exercice d’une activité concurrente

Pour les employés, la détermination de la durée du préavis en cas de rupture par l’employeur (sans motif grave) dépend, dans un premier temps, du nive…

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26/12/12
wijzigingen aan de arbeidsrelatieswet: bijkomende kwalificatie­ criteria, wettelijk vermoeden en sociale ruli…

Sedert 1 januari 2007 zijn bij wet vier algemene criteria vastgelegd aan de hand waarvan bepaald wordt of iemand arbeid verricht onder gezag dan wel o…

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19/12/12
congés payés et incapacité de travail: impact de l’arrêt anged du 21 juin 2012 sur le droit françai

Dans son arrêt du 21 juin 2012, la CJUE considère que l’incapacité de travail survenant pendant la période de congé d’un salarié ne peut le priver de …

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17/12/12
la preuve de la discrimination: l’arrêt meister du 19 avril 2012

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (ci-après la Cour) a rendu, le 19 avril 2012, un arrêt intéressant au regard des éléments devant être pris en…

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11/12/12
THE NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING BOGUS SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN THREE Q&A’S

As of 1 January 2013, a number of provisions of the Employment Relations Act, which aim at facilitating the government's fight against bogus self-empl…

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07/12/12
Una via: geen dubbele bestraffing van fiscale misdrijven meer mogelijk

Eind 2012 werd het ‘una via’ principe ingevoerd in het fiscaal strafrecht. De bedoeling van dit principe is om eenheid te brengen in de wijze waarop f…

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06/12/12
Increased social security exemption for expatriates

The National Social Security Office (hereafter referred to as NSSO) has recently agreed on a new position regarding the social security treatment of t…

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28/11/12
Adaptation for 2013 of the salary amounts in the law on employment contracts, immigration and non-recurrent re…

On 1 January 2013, the salary amounts determined in the Law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts are adapted in accordance with the indexation rules…

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22/11/12
Huisarbeid: in acht te nemen aandachtspunten

In het kader van de derde Nationale Thuiswerkdag werken heel wat werknemers vandaag thuis. Het ideale moment dus om de regels en formaliteiten die van…

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15/11/12
Employment plan for older employees as from 1 January 2013

The policy-makers and social partners believe it is necessary to initiate a process inciting companies to maintain or increase their number of older e…

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29/10/12
The case Partena VZW/Les tartes de Chaumont-Gistoux SA

In the case C-137/11 (Partena VZW/Les tartes de Chaumont-Gistoux SA), the ECJ decided that the irrefutable presumption in the Belgian legislation, of …

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15/10/12
Minderjarige voetbalspelers: contractuele mogelijkheden en wettelijke beperkingen

Naast meerderjarige voetballers krijgen vandaag de dag ook steeds meer minderjarige voetbalspelers grote media – aandacht met tot de verbeelding sprek…

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12/10/12
Welke soelaas biedt de nieuwe wet inzake de bestrijding van de loonkloof tussen mannen en vrouwen?

De wet van 22 april 2012 ter bestrijding van de loonkloof tussen mannen en vrouwen werd op 28 augustus 2012 in het Belgisch Staatsblad gepubliceerd en…

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12/10/12
Getuigenbewijs in het arbeidsrecht – nieuwe regeling

In het arbeidsrecht wordt vaak gebruik gemaakt van het getuigenbewijs. In tegenstelling tot het burgerlijk recht is in het arbeidsovereenkomstenrecht,…

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