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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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21/06/11
CAN A PROTECTED EMPLOYEE VALIDLY WAIVE THE PROTECTION INDEMNITY?

In these Headlines, we examine a recent judgment of the Belgian Supreme Court concerning the protection of (candidate) employee representatives . On 1…

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18/06/11
Social elections in 2012: start preparations in due time in order to avoid surprises!

In the course of the month of May next year social elections will again be organized for the election of the representatives of the personnel at the w…

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14/06/11
WHICH PROTECTION AGAINST DISMISSAL APPLIES TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE SOCIAL ELECTIONS?

In our Headlines of 24 May 2011 we already informed you about the preparations of the social elections of 2012. The social elections and especially th…

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27/05/11
Loi d’exécution de l’AIP: un premier rapprochement entre le statut des ouvriers et des employés

Le fait que de nouvelles règles de licenciement aient été instaurées ne signifie pas qu'on ait fait totalement table rase du passé. Au contraire, beau…

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25/05/11
SOCIAL ELECTIONS IN 2012 – WHAT CAN YOU ALREADY DO?

Next year, social elections will be organized again. If your company has to organize social elections, it is recommended to already plan the preparati…

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24/05/11
Act implementing the IPA: a first approximation between the status of manual and white-collar workers

The fact there are new dismissal rules does not mean there has been a clean sweep of the system. On the contrary, much remains as it was. For instance…

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19/05/11
Les nouveaux délais de préavis applicables à partir du 1er janvier 2012

Comme nous vous l'avons précédemment annoncé, la loi du 12 avril 2011 modifiant la loi du 1er février 2011 portant la prolongation de mesures de crise…

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17/05/11
Employment of Interns

With the summer holidays approaching, many companies are currently looking for students or new graduates interested in a summer internship. Even outsi…

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11/05/11
Concept of annual holidays in the general terms and conditions (GTC)

Execution of work – annual holidays – Interruption

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09/05/11
New regulations in force concerning the organization of working time of doctors, dentists and veterinary surge…

Adopted unanimously, the Law of 12 December 2010 entitled "Fixing the working times of doctors, dentists, veterinary surgeons, doctor trainees, dentis…

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07/05/11
Interne meerwaarden op aandelen: een stand van zaken

Enkele jaren geleden opende de fiscus de jacht op de zgn. 'interne meerwaarden' op aandelen (meerwaarden gerealiseerd door inbreng of verkoop van aand…

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07/05/11
Fiscale behandeling van vastgoedconstructies

Vastgoedconstructies met vruchtgebruik, erfpacht en opstal blijven ondanks alle controverse populair. De vraag naar de fiscale behandeling van dergeli…

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06/05/11
BePost in the Competition Council’s sights

The College of Competition Prosecutors of the Belgian Competition Council filed on 7 April 2011 its report concluding that bpost abuses its dominant p…

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06/05/11
FOR EMPLOYERS PERTAINING TO JOINT COMMITTEE 218: THE SECTOR-WIDE

2009, a CBA concerning ecocheques was entered into within the Joint Committee 218 (the Belgian Auxiliary Joint Committee for white-collar workers). Th…

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04/05/11
Belgium : Extensive changes to notice periods for terminating employment contracts

The Bill of 12 April 2011 in respect of new termination rules for employment contracts will apply to employment contracts starting from 1 January 2012…

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03/05/11
Belgium : Salary freeze in 2011 and 2012

Salary increases are strongly limited as Belgian government imposes maximum margin for salary costs increases for 2011 and 2012.

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16/04/11
Interprofessional agreement 2011-2012 - Part 2

The draft Interprofessional agreement (IPA), as described in our newsletter of 31 January 2011, was finally rejected by several trade unions.

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08/04/11
Changes With Regard To Non-Recurring Result-Linked Benefits

As of 1st April 2011, the procedure to be followed to adopt a bonus plan according to the system of non-recurrent result-linked benefits changes.

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08/04/11
“NRRB” Bonus Plan and CBA 90bis

Companies are found to be making insufficient use of the nonrecurring result-tied bonus plan system (NRRB plan), in spite of the fiscal and parafiscal…

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02/04/11
The harmonization of the statutes of blue- and white-collar workers as provided for in the Interprofessional A…

The Council of Ministers approved, on 25 February, the final act and decrees relating to the execution of the mediation proposition of the Federal Gov…

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