On 27 November 2025, it was announced that the recent budgetary agreement o…
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De loonnorm is een percentage dat de maximale loonkostontwikkeling over een periode van twee jaar uitdrukt, bepaald in functie van de loonkosto…
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The wage norm is a percentage that expresses the maximum wage cost change over a period of two years, based on the wage cost change in Germany,…
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La norme salariale est un pourcentage qui exprime l'augmentation maximale du coût salarial sur une période de deux ans, déterminée en fonction …
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Het Koninklijk Besluit van 28 april 2013 dat de loonnorm vastlegt op 0% voor de jaren 2013 en 2014 werd gisteren gepubliceerd in het Belgisch S…
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A new royal decree providing for a salary freeze in 2013 and 2014 was published today in the Belgian State Gazette.[1]
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As discussed in our Newsflash of 12 September 2012, the Flemish Community’s Decree of 19 July 1973 on the use of languages in labour relations (“the L…
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Les obligations relatives à l'emploi des langues dans les relations de travail, en particulier pour la rédaction des contrats de travail, sont souvent…
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In a detailed and well-reasoned judgment of 19 March 2013, the Brussels Labour Court of Appeal ruled that the termination of an employment contract on…
Read MoreTo tackle the "false self-employed" phenomenon, which damages both the workers and the social security system, the legislator adopted Title XIII of th…
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In een arrest van vandaag, 16 april 2013, heeft het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie ("HvJ") geoordeeld dat het Vlaams Taaldecreet onverenigbaar …
Read MoreCollective Bargaining agreement nr. 104 with respect to the implementation of a plan for the employment of older workers in companies, which entered i…
Read MoreDuring the Council of Ministers of 11 January 2013, two draft Royal Decrees were approved leading to a loosening of the rules on cumulating a retireme…
Read MoreAt the beginning of this year, the regulation on the hiring out of workers has seen significant changes. As from now, a written agreement between the …
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The Programme Law of 27 December 2006 obliges assigning employers (for their assigned employees) and assigned self-employed workers to make a prior no…
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On 29 March 2013, the Council of Ministers adopted a Royal Decree regarding the (previously announced) wage freeze for 2013 and 2014.
Read MoreThe attribution of a bonus linked to results is no longer interesting from a social security point of view (with the exception of a reduction of 2% of…
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Cooperating with a would-be independent worker may turn out to be an expensive exercise for the disguised employer in case of a requalification (possi…
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On 7 February 2013, the Brussels Labour Court of Appeal rendered a judgment on the admissibility into evidence of e-mails obtained in violation of the…
Read MoreThis contribution comments on the most important changes adopted by the program law of 27 December 2012 and briefly discusses what changes are expecte…
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On 1 June 2011, the federal government signed a cooperation agreement with the regions and communities on coordination of the controls on illeg…
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