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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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In een arrest van vandaag, 16 april 2013, heeft het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie ("HvJ") geoordeeld dat het Vlaams Taaldecreet onverenigbaar …
Collective Bargaining agreement nr. 104 with respect to the implementation of a plan for the employment of older workers in companies, which entered i…
During 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…
At 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 …
The Programme Law of 27 December 2006 obliges assigning employers (for their assigned employees) and assigned self-employed workers to make a prior no…
On 29 March 2013, the Council of Ministers adopted a Royal Decree regarding the (previously announced) wage freeze for 2013 and 2014.
The 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…
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…
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…
This contribution comments on the most important changes adopted by the program law of 27 December 2012 and briefly discusses what changes are expecte…
On 1 June 2011, the federal government signed a cooperation agreement with the regions and communities on coordination of the controls on illeg…
The Brussels Labour Court of Appeals gave judgment on 7 February 2013 on the privacy of e-mails in the professional inbox of an employee (the “Judgmen…
The Act providing for sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals has been published in the Belgian State Ga…
An employment agreement frequently includes a standard non-competition clause, even though its validity or relevance to the specific case has not been…
Collective Bargaining Agreement no. 104 concerning the implementation of a plan for the employment of older workers in companies, which entered into f…
Een arbeidsrelatie kan worden aangegaan door een werknemer of door een zelfstandige. Het fundamenteel verschil is het al dan niet bestaan van een geza…
As announced in our first Headlines of 2013, the Programme Act of 27 December 2012 contains new provisions aiming at the reinforcement of t…
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…
The eHealth-platform wants to promote the possibility for each stakeholders in the healthsector to benefit from the advantages of electronical securis…
Secretary of State Crombez introduced some time ago a package of measures in order to fight social fraud more efficiently. Along the same lines, Title…
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