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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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La crise financière a suscité de nombreuses questions notamment en ce qui concerne la rémunération des dirigeants d'entreprise, ce qui a amené la Comm…
De wet van 19 maart 1991 «houdende bijzondere ontslagregeling voor de personeelsafgevaardigden in de ondernemingsraden en in de comités voor veilighei…
Tussen 1 januari 2010 en 30 september 2010 kan een arbeider die wordt ontslagen met een opzeg-gingstermijn of een opzeggingsvergoeding aanspraak mak…
En réponse à la crise économique, le gouvernement fédéral, en concertation avec les partenaires so-ciaux, a prévu différentes mesures temporaires de c…
In order to calculate the notice period, when making an employee redundant, the employee’s behaviour will not be taken into account. On the other ha…
Social security – Hospital care needed during a temporary stay in another Member State – Lack of right to assistance from the competent institution to…
The ECJ’s case law interprets the notion of “transfer of undertakings” in such a broad way that it considers in certain cases that the existence of a …
Companies are increasingly granting reimbursements of lump sum amounts to employees for costs paid by the employees for the account of their employer.…
Oudere werknemers die bij dezelfde werkgever en met diens instemming, een overstap maken van zwaar werk naar lichter werk en hierdoor inkomensverlies …
Older employees who transfer from heavy work duties to lighter work – while in service for the same employer and with his consent– and suffer a income…
In Belgium, all supplementary pension schemes must comply with the Law of 28 April 2003 on Supplementary Pensions (abbreviated as “WAP”). It is genera…
The Omnibus Act of 23 December 2009 (the "Act"), published in the Belgian State Gazette on 30 December 2009, recently introduced a number of measures …
In principle, management staff or trusted workers who receive a high salary are not entitled to overtime pay unless the parties have agreed otherwise.…
Auparavant, lorsque l’employeur était contrôlé par l’ONSS sur les remboursements forfaitaires de frais qu’il accordait à ses travailleurs, il appart…
In Belgium, all supplementary pension schemes must comply with the Law of 28 April 2003 on Supplementary Pensions (abbreviated as “WAP”). It is gene…
According to Article 20, 1° of the Act on employment contracts, employers must, in principle and amongst other, provide their employees with the aid, …
The Court of First Instance of Brussels recently (16 April 2010) ruled that capital losses on shares recharged by a non-resident parent company to i…
There has been a recent public outcry in Belgium over the extremely large bonuses and severance packages granted to certain company directors. At the …
Since 1 March 2010[1] stricter rules apply to time credit benefits granted by the National Employment Office (hereinafter “NEO”).
Until 1 April 2010, two types of social security contributions were due by the employer on bridge pensions. The first was paid to the NPO (National Pe…
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