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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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05/08/09
New European Regulation 883/2004 regarding the social security legislation applicable to workers moving within…

The new Regulation (EC) N° 883/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security schemes (hereaf…

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01/07/09
Mandatory Eco-cheques for JC n°218

On 18 June 2009, the social partners of Joint Committee (JC) n°218 adopted a draft sectoral agreement for the years 2009-2010. This project is current…

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26/06/09
Anti-Crisis Measures to Sustain Employment

The Law implementing measures to sustain employment in times of economic downturn was published in the Belgian Official Journal on 25 June 2009. Three…

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18/06/09
Work permit exemption for non-EEA CEOs

As of 29 May 2009 Company Headquarters are no longer required to obtain work permits for any level of non-European Economic Area (EEA) citizen employe…

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06/05/09
Joint committee 336 launched for professional services

As mentioned in our newsflash of 20 March 2008, joint committee 336 was established on 8 March 2008 for professional service providers in so far that …

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04/05/09
New EU Member States employees face work permit exemption from 1 May 2009

Ten new countries joined the EU on 1 May 2004, namely, Malta, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Sloven…

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24/04/09
Work regulations to be adapted with new CBA 25ter

Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) 25ter on equal pay for male and female workers was concluded by the National Labour Council on 9 July 2008. This…

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23/04/09
Stock option plans extended

Companies and beneficiaries of stock option plans can now, under certain conditions, extend the exercise period of options granted through stock optio…

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10/04/09
The new federal law on the continuity of undertakings

In most countries, insolvency legislation distinguishes between bankruptcy and reorganisation proceedings. In Belgium, bankruptcies are ruled by the a…

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08/04/09
Transfers between time credit schemes made easier

To implement Interprofessional Agreement (IPA) 2009-2010, the National Labour Council adopted a new Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) [1] to accom…

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03/04/09
New Eco cheques

Next to meal cheques, culture cheques and sport cheques, companies will, from now on, also be able to grant their employees eco cheques, which, under …

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30/01/09
Indexation of salaries in the National Auxiliary Joint Committee for White-collar Workers (JC n° 218)

The indexation of salaries in joint committee (JC) n° 218 raises certain issues which are highlighted as follows.

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18/12/08
New restrictions to the affiliation with overseas social security office (DOSZ/OSSOM)

At present, all workers performing a professional activity outside the European Economic Area (EEA)[1] and Switzerland can affiliate voluntarily to th…

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11/07/08
Extension of the obligation to inform the prevention adviser

The Belgian regulation (Royal Decree of 27 January 2008, B.S./M.B. 3 March 2008) foresees that an employer must inform the prevention adviser of any…

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