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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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Where are we with the project of harmonizing the status of blue and white collar workers?
Certain measures were put in place during the crisis to deal with the employment consequences thereof. The applicability of certain measures has, yet …
Une fois n’est pas coutume, c’est en matière de bénévolat que la Cour de cassation a eu à examiner s’il y avait lieu à procéder à une requalification …
Le simple fait d’atteindre l’âge de 65 ans ne met pas fin au contrat de travail et ne transforme pas automatiquement le travailleur en un pensionné.
Tot voor kort gaf het Hof van Cassatie een zeer formalistische interpretative aan artikel 63 van de arbeidsovereenkomstenwet door te stellen dat het o…
Einde 2010 heeft het Hof van Cassatie zich voor het eerst uitgesproken over de toepassing van Titel XIII van de Programmawet (I) van 27 december 2006,…
La Cour de cassation a rendu, le 11 octobre 2010, un important arrêt concernant ce qu’il y a lieu d’entendre par acte équipollent à rupture, qui est d…
The introduction of EU Regulation 883/2004 raised the question of whether the secondment principle must always apply.
Un petit tour d’Europe permet de se convaincre assez rapidement que la Belgique ne manque pas d’atouts au niveau fiscal. Un examen tout aussi rapide d…
In December of last year, a royal decree was passed[1] establishing two divisions - an administrative division and a prescriptive division - within th…
Since the entry into force on 1 January 2011 of EU Regulation 1231/2010, EU rules relating to social security systems coordination also apply to third…
The publication of two Royal Decrees(1) regulates the introduction of an electronic variant of the paper lunch vouchers. Both variants will co-exist u…
On 18 January 2011, the social partners agreed on a draft social agreement which will determine the remuneration and labor conditions of 2.5 million e…
Salary ceilings are fixed for the implementation of certain stipulations of the law of 3 July 1978 concerning the employment contracts. On 1 January o…
In application of article 131 of the law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts and article 9 of the Royal Decree of 9 June 1999 enforcing the law of …
As stated before, the Court of Cassation decided on 10 March 2008 that "except in the event of a breach of procedural formalities sanctioned by nullit…
Force majeure and compelling grounds are legal concepts that provide for employees’ absences due to unavoidable or unforeseeable events beyond their c…
If an independent worker is free to accept a task, but is not free to organize his work as he wishes, he is not a true independent, and thus is an emp…
A special employer social security contribution of 8.86% is due on premiums paid within the framework of supplementary pension schemes (e.g. group ins…
Dans trois décisions récentes, les juridictions ont été amenées à se positionner face à des situations de drogue ou d’alcoolisme sur le lieu de travai…
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