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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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Adopted unanimously, the Law of 12 December 2010 entitled "Fixing the working times of doctors, dentists, veterinary surgeons, doctor trainees, dentis…
Enkele jaren geleden opende de fiscus de jacht op de zgn. 'interne meerwaarden' op aandelen (meerwaarden gerealiseerd door inbreng of verkoop van aand…
Vastgoedconstructies met vruchtgebruik, erfpacht en opstal blijven ondanks alle controverse populair. De vraag naar de fiscale behandeling van dergeli…
The College of Competition Prosecutors of the Belgian Competition Council filed on 7 April 2011 its report concluding that bpost abuses its dominant p…
2009, a CBA concerning ecocheques was entered into within the Joint Committee 218 (the Belgian Auxiliary Joint Committee for white-collar workers). Th…
The Bill of 12 April 2011 in respect of new termination rules for employment contracts will apply to employment contracts starting from 1 January 2012…
Salary increases are strongly limited as Belgian government imposes maximum margin for salary costs increases for 2011 and 2012.
The draft Interprofessional agreement (IPA), as described in our newsletter of 31 January 2011, was finally rejected by several trade unions.
As of 1st April 2011, the procedure to be followed to adopt a bonus plan according to the system of non-recurrent result-linked benefits changes.
Companies are found to be making insufficient use of the nonrecurring result-tied bonus plan system (NRRB plan), in spite of the fiscal and parafiscal…
The Council of Ministers approved, on 25 February, the final act and decrees relating to the execution of the mediation proposition of the Federal Gov…
More and more managers of small and medium-size companies decide to refinance their companies through the granting of stock options to their employees…
Europe has mobilized itself in order to restrict excessive compensation policies associated with risky behaviours. Belgium follows suit.
As you know, since 1 January 2008, it has been possible for Belgian employers to introduce a collective bonus plan which qualifies for favourable tax …
La Cour du travail de Liège a récemment été confrontée à la problématique du temps de repos d’un travailleur chargé d’effectuer des tournées avec un v…
De maaltijdcheques zijn in België een goed gekend sociaal voordeel en 1,3 miljoen werknemers in de private sector genieten ervan. In 2011 zal voor dez…
Aangezien de stakers geen arbeidsprestaties leveren, hebben zij voor de gestaakte tijd geen recht op loon. Indien de staking werd erkend door de vakbo…
Last week, the National labour Council issued an opinion, in which it recommended that the next social elections be held from 7 until 20 May 2012, inc…
As you know, so-called social elections or elections for the purpose of establishing employee representative bodies (i.e. a works council and committe…
In view of the upcoming social elections, the minister for employment and equal opportunities, Joëlle Milquet, has consulted the NLC about certain pro…
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