On 27 November 2025, it was announced that the recent budgetary agreement o…
On 25 November 2025, the De Wever government reached an agreement on the bu…
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België is één van de laatste Europese landen die een onderscheid maakt tussen bedienden, zijnde werknemers die hoofdzakelijk hoofdarbeid verrichte, en…
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De sociale verkiezingen dienen in principe plaats te vinden tijdens de periode door de wet vastgelegd.
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Recently a law amending the Law of 6 April 2010 relative to market practices and consumer protection in the fight against the touts advertising was pu…
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On 14 July 2011, the House Committee on Social Affairs of the Belgian Parliament adopted a proposal (the "Proposal") containing a number of recommenda…
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On 28 December 2010, the Leuven Commercial Court handed down a judgment in application of Article 184 of the Belgian Companies' Code governing the app…
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In a preliminary ruling that came down on 7 July 2011 concerning a case that had been brought before the Labour Court of Brussels (Arbeidsrechtbank / …
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The parliament has recently passed three bills in relation to the 2012 social elections.
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On 20 July 2011, a law has been published in the Belgian Official Journal protecting new fathers against dismissal in case they take up paternity leav…
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Much has already been written about the in Belgium still existing distinction between blue-collar and white-collar workers. As of 7 July 2011, a new e…
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The Belgian Supreme Court has rendered a new judgment which will be warmly welcomed by employers working with "stand by" or "on call" services. An emp…
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Several media outlets announced at the end of April that legislation with regard to student labour will be made more flexible from 1 January 2012.
Read MoreThe Social Penal Code reorganizes the penalties that apply in the case of the illegal employment of foreign workers. Even though penalties are severe …
Read MoreThe new Social Penal Code modifies and clarifies as from 1 July 2011 some rules regarding the competence of social inspectors in their performance of …
Read MoreThe codification implemented by the Social Penal Code aims to clarify the procedures and penalties available to deal with violations of social legisla…
Read MoreBesides the many questions with regard to the interpretation of the various legislative acts and the note of 1997 which remain unanswered, the questio…
Read MoreThe penalties for the violation of the prohibition of the posting of workers are integrated into the structure of the Social Penal Code. This Code pen…
Read MoreArticle 189 of the new Social Penal Code states that the violation of a generally binding collective bargaining agreement will be penalized with a lev…
Read MoreThe Social Penal Code modifies the sanctions in the event of infringement of certain provisions related to safety at work. It provides for a prison se…
Read MoreThe Social Penal Code aims to codify social penal law and ensure uniformity in the range of sanctions. In addition to this codification and uniformity…
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The National Office for Social Security accepts the lump sum valuation of the benefit in kind of an iPad at 180 EUR and an iPhone at 150 EUR per year.…
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