News & Articles

The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

Jones Day logo
Read More
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…

Read More
Claeys & Engels logo
Read More
23/02/24
23/02/24
Legal interest rate for 2024

The legal interest rate for 2024 increases to 5.75%.

Read More
Taylor Wessing logo
Read More
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…

Read More
Altius logo
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 …

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

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

Dotted texture left
Dotted texture left

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!

Dotted texture right

More News & Articles

CMS Belgium logo
12/01/15
Being on call for the employer: working time or not?

Time frames during which an employee has to be permanently on call to answer a call from his employer, but during which the employee is not obliged to…

Read More
Deloitte Legal logo
08/01/15
New legislation on psychosocial risks at work: Employer action required

Following new legislation regarding psychosocial risks in the work place, employers need to be aware of several necessary actions.

Read More
Deloitte Legal logo
07/01/15
To index or not to index, that is the question

Sector specific indexation rules are still applicable while legislation for the 2015 "indexation skip" is pending. Although the governmental agreemen…

Read More
Deloitte Legal logo
05/01/15
Directors: Belgian legislation clarifies exemptions from social security affiliation as self-employed

Royal Decree n°38 provides that persons appointed with a mandate as director of a Belgian company are irrefutably presumed to perform a self-employed …

Read More
Deloitte Legal logo
01/01/15
The Flemish decree on the use of languages finally amended

The Decree of still imposes the obligation to use the Dutch language but allows the use of another language known by all parties for employment contra…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
31/12/14
The ban on employing temporary agency workers during a strike: Does the scope of the ban need to be specified?…

The ban on employing temporary agency workers during a strike, which can be found in article 19 of the collective labour agreement n° 108 of 16 July 2…

Read More
Deloitte Legal logo
29/12/14
The requirement to justify dismissal

Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) n° 109 introduces an obligation to state the reasons for dismissal.

Read More
Deloitte Legal logo
24/12/14
New calculation method for social security contributions of self-employed workers

The Parliament recently approved a new law (1) amending the calculation method of social security contributions for the self-employed. The new legisla…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
23/12/14
Gift and gift vouchers: summary before the year-end celebrations

During the final days before the year-end celebrations, certain employers like to offer a gift or gift vouchers to their employees but have questions …

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
19/12/14
Passage obligatoire et définitif aux chèques-repas électroniques dès le 1er janvier 2016!

Alors qu'un système de choix et de réversibilité de choix entre les chèques-repas délivrés sur support papier et les chèques-repas sous forme électron…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
17/12/14
Finally, clarifications on outplacement in Joint Committee No. 218!

On 10 July, the social partners within the National Joint Committee for Employees (No. 218) signed a Collective Labour Agreement about outplacement fo…

Read More
Lydian logo
17/12/14
Social elections: it is time to think of a strategy

A WC has to be set up in companies with 100 employees or more. The same applies in companies where a WC should have been established during the previo…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
15/12/14
A non-competition clause for employees.

Non-competition clauses are regularly included in employment contracts. This article clarifies the points an employer should pay attention to when dra…

Read More
Lydian logo
12/12/14
Sociale verkiezingen 2016: tijd om een strategie uit te stippelen

Indien een onderneming gewoonlijk gemiddeld minstens 50 werknemers tewerkstelt, moet een CPBW opgericht worden.

Read More
Lydian logo
09/12/14
Elections sociales 2016: il est déjà temps de réfléchir à une stratégie

Un CPPT doit être institué dans les entreprises occupant habituellement en moyenne au moins cinquante travailleurs.

Read More
Monard Law logo
05/12/14
Detachteringsrichtlijn II

Het recht van ondernemingen van een lidstaat om in een andere lidstaat diensten aan te bieden en om hun personeel tijdelijk te detacheren voor het uit…

Read More
Monard Law logo
02/12/14
RIZIV - De Zelfstandig Verpleegkundige in het Vizier

Een zelfstandig verpleegkundige dient als zorgverlener zelf prestaties aan te rekenen aan het RIZIV. De media bericht dat de Dienst Geneeskundige Eval…

Read More
Van Bael & Bellis logo
24/11/14
Belgian Supreme Court Rules on Social Security Contributions Due on Compensation for Employees’ Neighbouring R…

On 15 September 2014, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) handed down a judgment concerning the payment of social security …

Read More
Sirius Legal logo
13/11/14
Hof van Cassatie kwalificeert de vergoeding voor overdracht auteursrechten als loon: sociale zekerheidsbijdrag…

Op 15 september 2014 velde het Hof van Cassatie een belangrijk arrest inzake auteursrechten. De beslissing stelt een einde aan de betwisting over het …

Read More
Group S - Secrétariat Social / Sociaal Secretariaat logo
23/10/14
Groupes à risque : nouveau modèle de rapport d'évaluation et aperçu financier

La loi portant des dispositions diverses du 27 décembre 2006 a prévu qu'un effort équivalent à 0,10% au moins de la masse salariale devait être fait p…

Read More