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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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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…

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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.

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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The requirement to justify dismissal

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

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Sociale verkiezingen 2016: tijd om een strategie uit te stippelen

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

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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 …

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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…

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