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Après le succès des Universités d’été, AVOCATS.BE vous présente sa première édition hivernale : une journée de formation et de réflexion, le 21 janvier 2026, au Château de Courrièr…

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Oprichting Littler Belgium: een nieuw hoofdstuk in arbeidsrecht

Op 1 mei 2025 werd Littler Belgium opgericht, een onafhankelijk Belgisch advocatenkantoor gespecialiseerd in arbeidsrecht en HR-gerelateerde juridische vraagstukken.

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AVOCATS.BE vous donne rendez-vous les mardi 19 et mercredi 20 août 2025 au Château-ferme de Courrière pour deux journées de formation autour de thématiques actuelles, animées par d…

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Belgium: Recording working time to become mandatory for Belg…

On 27 November 2025, it was announced that the recent budgetary agreement o…

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New rules on indexation? The “index in money” explained

On 25 November 2025, the De Wever government reached an agreement on the bu…

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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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Bereavement leave is soon to be extended and made more flexible

On 17 June 2021, a bill was passed in Parliament to extend and ease bereavement leave in the event of the death of a partner or a child. The aim of th…

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Contribution of the employer for teleworking: a new circular letter

In the context of teleworking, the tax authorities clarified in a circular letter the reimbursement by the employer of office expenses made by the emp…

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Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | Can an employer organise a tombola for his employe…

To celebrate the victory of the Belgian football team, I would like to organise a tombola and the winner may go on a city trip. Is this allowed?

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An introduction to social inspections

The government has made the fight against social dumping and social fraud a priority, resulting in ever-increasing monitoring action from social inspe…

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Cross-border workers: COVID-19 agreements extended until 30 September 2021

Belgium has concluded so-called COVID-19 agreements with Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands on the tax impact of international travel res…

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Data Protection Authority decision on communicating the circumstances for a dismissal to remaining staff - is …

In their decision of 1 June 2021 (Decision No 63/2021), the Data Protection Authority determined that an employer who communicated the reasons and cir…

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Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | What to do in case of a work accident during a sta…

Q: Unfortunately, Eden Hazard is severely tackled. Suppose Eden is your worker and breaks his leg during an outing, is it an accident at work?

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Extension of mourning leave approved by Parliament

On 17 June 2021, the Federal Parliament (Chamber of Representatives) has approved the extension of the so-called "mourning leave" …

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Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | Violation of the mask obligation in the workplace

Q: Jos, your employee, gets too excited about a Kevin De Bruyne goal and drops his mask. Other workers complain and, unfortunately, Jos also turned ou…

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Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | Social benefits

Q: Can I offer a beer and wine box to our employees? Is this taxable and tax deductible?

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Belgian Social Partners Reach Agreement on Four Key Social Topics

On Tuesday June 8, 2021, the Belgian Group of Ten (i.e., the consultative body of trade unions and employers, the “social partners”) reached…

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Vaccinatiegegevens van personeel opvragen en bijhouden: mag dat? Op het kruispunt tussen arbeidsrecht en de GD…

De vaccinatiecampagne draait op volle toeren, waardoor de kans toeneemt dat u als werkgever wordt geconfronteerd met een werknemer die zich (eventueel…

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Checklist voorbereiding en implementatie procedure klokkenluiders

Werknemers spelen als klokkenluider een sleutelrol bij het onthullen en voorkomen van inbreuken op belangrijke wetgeving door de onderneming of de org…

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The mid-year review - what should you do when your employee is underperforming?

For a company to work effectively, an employer needs to be able to rely on committed, motivated and capable employees. Many employers organise mid-yea…

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Can employers grant employees a one-off results-based bonus to incentivize them to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

The Belgian Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (FPS) is of the opinion that it would, in principle, not be possible to gran…

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Employee party in the company building

We organise a party of freedom linked to a match of the Red Devils on our company premises. What rules do we observe? And in the open air?

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Are employees allowed to return to the office? Yes, but under certain conditions!

As a reminder, in its meeting of 11 May 2021 the Consultative Committee decided that, if there were positive developments in the health situation, it …

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The end of mandatory telework?

On Friday 4 June 2021, a new Ministerial Decree was published in the Belgian State Gazette that includes new provisions regarding telework. For the ti…

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Neutraliteits- of diversiteitsbeleid: to do’s voor werkgevers

We krijgen de laatste tijd nogal wat vragen van cliënten rond de mogelijkheid om een neutraliteitsbeleid of een diversiteitsbeleid (in) te voeren. Dit…

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New bill for a green(er) mobility

On 18 May 2021, a bill was approved by the Belgian Government to create a green(er) mobility in Belgium by (1) promoting tax incentives for CO2-emissi…

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