The Belgian federal government continues its reform of the Belgian labour market. On 3 February 2026, a new draft act was published. It still needs to go through the full legislati…
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On 12 October 2011, the General Court held that an appeal by Belgian consumer organization Test-Aankoop/Test-Achats ("TA") against the European Commis…
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On 17 November 2011, the Leuven labour court ruled in favour of the lawful dismissal for serious cause of an employee who posted comments on Facebook …
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La plupart des administrations provinciales et locales (ex.: les provinces, les communes, les intercommunales, les CPAS) financent la pension légale d…
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The indexed salary thresholds have been published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 22 November 2011. The new amounts for 2012 are 31.467 EUR, 37.721…
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In its ruling of the 24th of November, in the case Scarlet Extended SA v SABAM (C-70/10), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) stated tha…
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The Flemish Government has recently introduced a Project Act concerning the 2012 budget with the Flemish Parliament. This Project Act also includes ne…
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In Belgium, employees are not allowed to work on 10 official public holidays per year. In 2012, the 10 official public holidays will be as follows:
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The new notice periods are specified in the Act of 12 April 20111 , adopted as a result of the rejection by the unions of the draft Inter-professional…
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The social elections for the designation of the representatives of the workers at the works’ council (“WC”) and the committee for prevention and prote…
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Belgium and Argentina recently signed a social security agreement which has been submitted for ratification. This agreement will have major consequenc…
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Since the entry into force of the Financial Collateral Act of 15 December 2004 (the "Collateral Act") implementing Directive 2002/47/EC on financial c…
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The highly anticipated measures establishing the competitive dialogue procedure for public procurement were published in the Belgian Official Journal …
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Published on 14 September 2011, the Law of 28 July 2011 (1) (hereafter “the Law”) guarantees women a minimum representation percentage in the board of…
Read MoreNot informing the insurer about an aggravation of a risk could, upon an occurrence of the risk, entitle the insurer to reduce cover by reference to th…
Read MoreInsurers often attempt to challenge the insurance coverage by raising the argument of wilful misconduct committed by the insured. Discussions mainly f…
Read MoreWhile the implementation of the Solvency 2 directive is likely to be postponed until 1 January 2014, insurers and pension funds are lobbying the Europ…
Read MoreThe CLA nr. 102 set up some new rules regarding the rights of employees in the event transfer of enterprise under the authority of the court.
Read MoreA system of pay leading to discrimination on the grounds of age, which will be replaced by a system of pay based on objective criteria (but maintains,…
Read MoreThe distinctions between blue and white collars are contrary to Articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution since they are no longer justified in an object…
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