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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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08/03/10
Self-employed workers to join social insurance fund at the latest on the first day of activities: no April Foo…

As from 1 April 2010, all self-employed workers have the obligation to join one of the social insurance funds for self-employed persons or the Nationa…

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05/03/10
Mandatory disclosure of shareholdings in joint stock companies

A new law recently came into effect extending the obligation to disclose major shareholdings within unlisted joint stock companies which have issued b…

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04/03/10
Target group of the Flemish Health & Care Agency modified

The Flemish Health & Care Agency covers costs related to nonmedical care and services (medico-social services, home or residential care).

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01/03/10
Claeys formula not always applied for older employees

When an employee whose annual gross salary exceeds 30.327,00 EUR (i.e. a senior executive) is dismissed, the parties are to agree upon the notice peri…

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21/01/10
Crisis premium: who pays?

If an employer wishes to dismiss a blue-collar worker during the period 1 January 2010 - 1 July 2010, the employee is entitled, along with the ordinar…

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11/01/10
Belgian employers now bear the burden of proof of lump sum cost allowances

The programme law of 23 December 2009 looks to turn around the burden of proof procedure – as far as social security is concerned – of lump sum cost a…

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23/12/09
Un manquement continu ou répété peut constituer une faute grave

Il peut arriver qu'un travailleur se rende coupable d'une faute qui ne constitue pas nécessairement un motif grave en tant que tel mais qui peut acqué…

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22/12/09
Programme Law - December 2009

The main social law measures provided by the draft Programme Law introduced to the Chamber of Representatives on 25 November 2009 can be summarised as…

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18/12/09
Tips and tricks on management employees and working time

Management employees at numerous firms work significantly more time than the weekly working time set down in the company regulations would allow.

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16/12/09
Negative indexation at the beginning of 2010

The probability that nearly half a million employees of the Belgian private sector will see their wages decrease from the beginning of next year is ve…

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14/12/09
Public procurement law amended

The Belgian public procurement regulation is governed by the Public Procurement Act of 1993 [1] (hereinafter “the Act”) and its implementing Decrees […

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14/12/09
"Forfaitary" valuation of mobile phone benefits foreseen

The Council of Ministers recently approved a draft Royal Decree which defines the way in which the benefits of private mobile phone use (cell phone, B…

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10/12/09
Social security agreement between India and Belgium

On 1 September 2009, the long-anticipated Social Security Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of India (the “SSA”) entered into …

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17/11/09
New soil regulations in the Brussels Region

The new ordinance on the management of polluted soils of the Brussels Capital Region [1], will be applicable from 1 January 2010. Undoubtedly your org…

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09/11/09
Vie privée, travail et sites sociaux : un ménage à trois

L'articulation de la vie privée et du travail, et plus particulièrement de la vie privée au travail, est une problématique déjà ancienne. L'émergence …

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30/10/09
The calculation of the compensation in lieu of notice in case of parental leave: the point of view of the Cour…

In our latest ezine we referred to the discussion on the calculation of the compensation in lieu of notice in case of reduced work.

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30/10/09
New developments on holiday and holiday pay

Contrary to holiday pay for blue-collar workers, for white-collar workers it is paid by the employer himself.

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19/10/09
The 2010-2011 budget and its impact on employment and social security

Last week, the Belgian government reached an agreement on the 2010-2011 federal budget. The most important social security and employment law measures…

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08/10/09
Unfair recruitment policies under Court scrutiny

A company manager recently stated in a number of interviews that he could not hire certain candidates of foreign origin due to the reluctance of some …

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14/09/09
White-collar worker or blue-collar worker? Consult Wikipedia

A blue collar worker mainly performs manual work whereas a white collar worker is deemed to perform essentially intellectual work. The difference betw…

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