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23/02/24
23/02/24
Legal interest rate for 2024

The legal interest rate for 2024 increases to 5.75%.

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01/12/23
01/12/23
Malissa Begtas joins the Employment, Pensions & Mobility team at Taylor Wessing in Brussels…

Starting from 1 December 2023, counsel Malissa Begtas will be joining the Employment, Pensions & Mobility team of Taylor Xessing in Brussels. With over a decade of experience i…

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15/09/23
15/09/23
Inger De Wilde joins Eubelius as Of Counsel

Inger De Wilde has joined Eubelius as Of Counsel. She will strengthen the Employment team headed by Liesbet Vandenplas.

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11/04/24
The cumulation of compensation for pregnancy protection and …

The cumulation of compensation for pregnancy protection and compensation fo…

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10/04/24
Sinds 1 april 2024: geen outplacementaanbod, wel verplichte …

Een werkgever die de arbeidsovereenkomst van een werknemer wenst te beëindi…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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22/06/23
Veronique Pertry wordt rechter in de arbeidsrechtbank van Brussel

Véronique Pertry heeft op vrijdag 16 juni 2023 de eed als rechter in de arbeidsrechtbank van Brussel afgelegd. Daarmee verlaat zij de advocatuur en vo…

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21/06/23
Summer is here - principles of student work

The summer holidays are fast approaching and both students and employers might still be looking for, respectively, a summer job or one or more student…

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18/06/23
Sociale verkiezingen 2024

In 2024 worden er opnieuw sociale verkiezingen georganiseerd voor de oprichting en de vernieuwing van de ondernemingsraden (OR) en de comités voor pre…

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15/06/23
Accélération législative

La fin de la législature approche. En avril 2024, s’amorce l’entrée en affaires courantes et le gouvernement ne pourra plus déposer de projets de loi.…

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05/06/23
Competition watchdogs watch labour markets closely

HR professionals are often not included in competition law compliance programmes and training opportunities. That has to change, and this is why.

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05/06/23
Bill amending certain aspects of the electoral procedure for the 2024 social elections has been approved

Next year, in 2024, customary social elections in Belgium, which take place every four years, to elect employee representatives to the Works Council a…

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30/05/23
New rules on protection against prejudicial measures will come into force on 1 June 2023

New rules on protection against prejudicial measures in the context of violence at work and psychological or sexual harassment at work will come into …

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22/05/23
In-house counsel salary survey for Belgium

The Belgian Institute of Company Lawyers (IBJ-IJE), Vlerick Business School, and Vialegis have teamed up to conduct a survey exploring the remuneratio…

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22/05/23
New possibility to grant employees a purchasing power premium in 2023!

The Belgian federal government previously set the wage norm for the period 2023 - 2024 at 0%. This means that except for indexations and baremic incre…

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10/05/23
Bepaalde opzeggingstermijnen veranderen.

In het Belgisch Staatsblad van 28 april 2023 is een wet gepubliceerd die een paar wijzigingen aanbrengt aan de opzeggingstermijnen zoals die zijn bepa…

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09/05/23
De koopkrachtpremie voor 2023 is er!

Reeds in november 2022 bereikte de federale regering een loonakkoord voor de periode 2023-2024, waarbij werd beslist dat er geen ruimte was voor een l…

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03/05/23
The recent tax and social security reforms on copyright income: what employers need to know

Following an intense debate, the legislator introduced a new tax scheme applicable to copyright income. The main reason for this initiative is the ass…

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28/04/23
The GPT phenomenon: will your employment lawyers soon be out of a job?

Being married to a techie who was once a lawyer, and not without a degree of self-interest I have recently spent a good number of hours musing over th…

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27/04/23
Belgium confirms its adoption of the Framework Agreement on Cross-border Telework

The long-awaited Framework Agreement on Cross-border Telework was recently published. This Framework Agreement allows employers and employees to agree…

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17/04/23
Het aanwenden van getuigenverklaringen in het arbeidsrecht - vorm (forma) boven inhoud (substantia)?

In het arbeidsrecht wordt vaak een beroep gedaan op het getuigenbewijs. Ongeacht de waarde van het geschil is in het arbeidsrecht dergelijk bewijs imm…

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17/04/23
Optimalisatie van de ketenaansprakelijkheid om illegale tewerkstelling van buitenlandse werknemers op bouwplaa…

De Vlaamse regering stelt een nieuw decreet voor om een aantal bepalingen inzake ketenaansprakelijkheid op bouwplaatsen in Vlaanderen te wijzigen;

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14/04/23
New draft framework agreement on social security position of cross-border teleworkers in the EU

Recently, a draft framework agreement on the determination of the applicable social security scheme for certain cross-borders teleworkers within the E…

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07/04/23
Regels op komst over opeenvolging van arbeidsovereenkomsten voor een bepaalde tijd en vervangingsovereenkomste…

Over een opeenvolging van arbeidsovereenkomsten voor een bepaalde tijd en vervangingsovereenkomsten bevat de Arbeidsovereenkomstenwet in de huidige st…

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04/04/23
Verduidelijking maximale opzeggingstermijn van 13 weken bij ontslag door werknemer

Het wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van de wet van 26 december 2013 betreffende de invoering van een eenheidsstatuut tussen arbeiders en bedienden inzake d…

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03/04/23
Sick during leave? Leave days become sick days

On 16 March 2023, a Royal Decree was published in the Belgian State Gazette aligning Belgian leave legislation with European Directive 2003/88/EC (the…

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