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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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25/06/12
LA CONSULTATION ET LES NÉGOCIATIONS COLLECTIVES DANS LE CADRE DE RESTRUCTURATIONS

La consultation est, tout comme l'information, la négociation collective ou la codécision, une forme de participation des travailleurs ou de leurs rep…

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22/06/12
LE COÛT DES PRÉPENSIONS AU CŒUR DES PROJETS DE RESTRUCTURATION

Depuis la déclaration gouvernementale de décembre 2011, le gouvernement Di Rupo a fait une priorité de maintenir des travailleurs âgés au travail.La M…

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21/06/12
QUAND LA MAISON-MERE ANNONCE UN LICENCIEMENT COLLECTIF

  La procédure de licenciement collectif se déroule en plusieurs étapes. 1. Cette procédure commence par une phase d'information et de consultati…

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19/06/12
Les restructurations : des réformes nécessaires

Le cadre juridique des restructurations est constitué d'une accumulation depuis plus de 35 années de mesures légales et réglementaires. Avec quel succ…

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18/06/12
LA NEGOCIATION DU PLAN SOCIAL

La négociation d'un plan social dans le cadre de la procédure en licenciement collectif, dite Renault, inscrite notamment dans la loi du 13 février 19…

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15/06/12
Le sort des contrats de travail en cas de réorganisation judiciaire ou de faillite

Les entreprises en difficulté sont confrontées à une multitude de textes dont la complexité ne leur facilite pas la vie pour évaluer les conséquences …

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14/06/12
Insourcing can also give rise to “transfer of undertaking”

A university college, who had outsourced the catering services to an external caterer, decided after a while to prepare the meals for its students and…

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14/06/12
Le chômage économique des employés : Mesure anti-crise, mesure anti-restructuration ?

Chute des commandes ou du chiffre d'affaires...les entreprises du secteur privé (sociétés de services, commerces de détail, grands magasins, banques, …

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13/06/12
Trial Period for Temporary Employees Hired on a Permanent Basis

Belgian employment contracts often provide for a trial period, to ensure that the parties are a good fit. However, it could be argued that a trial per…

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22/05/12
New Developments in Belgian Employment Law

In the framework of two “omnibus” laws adopted at the end of March 2012, new legislation in the field of employment law has been adopted. Important de…

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21/05/12
Legislative initiative to fight the wage gap between men and women

According to recent figures of the OECD, the wage gap between men and women still amounts to 8.9%. The University of Leuven estimates it even at 11.5%…

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16/05/12
Increased social security contributions on unemployment benefits with an additional company allowance and on o…

In a previous Headlines we have already set out the measures in the fight against the non-observance of the obligations with regard to part-time work,…

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04/05/12
Non–recurring result-tied bonus update

The benefits of introducing a non-recurring result-tied bonus (NRRB) plan within a company are not to be overlooked. Any employer wishing to award an …

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27/04/12
The employment of older workers: the new spearhead of the Government and its (disproportionate) social cost.

The name of the early retirement has been modified – one speaks henceforth about “unemployment with employers’ intervention” (abbr. “UEI”) –, it is no…

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27/04/12
From early retirement to System of Unemployment with additional company Payment (SUP)

The Law of December 28, 2011 and the Royal Decree of December 28, 2011 modifying the Royal Decree of May 3, 2007 on the system of early retirement in …

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26/04/12
The government makes corrections on complementary pensions

In order to face up the ageing of the Belgian population, the government has inserted in the project of general politic applicable for 2011 measures r…

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21/04/12
Termination payment in the event of part-time time credit

Until recently, there was some controversy in calculating the termination payment due by the employer when terminating the contract of an employee wit…

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19/04/12
New Developments in Belgian Employment Law

On 6 April 2012, the Omnibus Act of 29 March 2012, which introduces a number of important changes to employment law, was published in the Belgian Stat…

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17/04/12
RCC (ANCIENNEMENT PRÉPENSION), CANADA DRY ET CRÉDIT-TEMPS: AUGMENTATION DES COTISATIONS PATRONALES, ÉGALEMENT …

  Depuis le 1er avril 2010, les cotisations patronales sur les RCC (les anciennes prépensions) et sur les pseudo-prépensions (des compléments pay…

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16/04/12
Employers must respect age pyramid in case of collective dismissal

As you know the Di Rupo government has announced and already partially implemented sweeping reforms in important areas of labour and social security l…

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