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By 16 December 2026, employers wishing to conduct private investigations involving their employees must have an appropriate internal framework in place under the Private Investigat…
As of 1 October 2026, the Walloon Region applies an updated list of bottleneck professions for the employment of third-country nationals, cut from 56 to 31 professions. Altius expl…
For internationally mobile employees, the tax allocation under double tax treaties and the social security allocation under EU coordination rules and bilateral treaties follow diff…
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Avant le 1er octobre 2013, les indemnités qui étaient dues par l'employeur au travailleur en raison du non-respect d'obligations légales, contractuell…
Competition authorities have broad powers of investigation during unannounced inspections of companies’ premises ("dawn raids"). In its judgment in De…
The social security and tax authorities recourse regarding the withholding obligation and guarantee during a judicial reorganization has been confirme…
Already in a 1993 judgment, the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof / Cour Constitutionnelle) had considered the specific differences between whi…
A bill modifying various legislation regarding the continuity of undertakings was adopted by the House of Representatives on 2 May 2013. The main modi…
The modernisation of employment law Act was recently published in the Belgian Official Journal (B.S./M.B. 17 August 2013). The Modernisation Act aims …
Zoals aangekondigd in onze vorige nieuwsbrief van 12 juli 2013, vervolgen we in deze editie de bespreking van het compromisvoorstel dat op 5 juli 2013…
Within the framework of the combat against social fraud, the council of ministers recently approved a royal decree subjecting indemnities paid at empl…
The gradual tightening of the conditions for claiming unemployment benefits with employer’s contribution implies that some employees will fulfil these…
Given the ageing population, the government has undertaken to reform the pension system. On 1 March, it was decided to harmonise the pension bonus sys…
As of 1 January 2013, all private sector employers, regardless of the number of workers they employ, have to hire a minimum number of interns on a yea…
You may have heard that the Belgian Overseas Social Security Office’s regime (“OSSO”) is up for some changes. After earlier study, the Belgian Governm…
Schijnzelfstandigen verrichten prestaties onder het statuut van zelfstandige, maar werken feitelijk in ondergeschikt verband voor een werkgever. De ge…
A draft Act on the gradual harmonisation of blue and white-collar occupational pensions has been submitted by the Minister of Pension's office.
Artikel 42 van de RSZ - Wet van 27.06.1969 bepaalt de verjaringstermijnen inzake betaling en terugbetaling van sociale zekerheidsbijdragen.
Vanaf 1 januari 2013 mogen gepensioneerden van 65 jaar of ouder die een loopbaan van 42 jaar kunnen bewijzen onbeperkt bijverdienen. Deze gepensioneer…
Op 5 juli 2013 deed de Minister van Werk een compromisvoorstel om de verschillen tussen arbeiders en bedienden weg te werken. Het voorstel beperkt zic…
Following the Labour Relations Act's introduction of a rebuttable presumption on the nature of the working relationships, the construction industry co…
In een voorgaande nieuwsbrief werd reeds uiteengezet dat de regering Di Rupo met de Wet van 25 augustus 2012 de strijd tegen schijnzelfstandigheid opv…
The so-called Labour Relations Act of 27 December 2006 established an administrative commission that can give a ruling determining whether a worker sh…
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