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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Much has already been written about the in Belgium still existing distinction between blue-collar and white-collar workers. As of 7 July 2011, a new e…
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Le sort des droits sur les créations réalisées par les salariés est déterminé par des règles qui réalisent un arbitrage entre la logique du droit du t…
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On 11 June 2011, the Commission published five Regulations implementing Regulation (EU) 1107/2009 concerning the placing on the market of plant protec…
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The Belgian Supreme Court has rendered a new judgment which will be warmly welcomed by employers working with "stand by" or "on call" services. An emp…
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Several media outlets announced at the end of April that legislation with regard to student labour will be made more flexible from 1 January 2012.
Read MoreThe Social Penal Code reorganizes the penalties that apply in the case of the illegal employment of foreign workers. Even though penalties are severe …
Read MoreThe new Social Penal Code modifies and clarifies as from 1 July 2011 some rules regarding the competence of social inspectors in their performance of …
Read MoreThe codification implemented by the Social Penal Code aims to clarify the procedures and penalties available to deal with violations of social legisla…
Read MoreBesides the many questions with regard to the interpretation of the various legislative acts and the note of 1997 which remain unanswered, the questio…
Read MoreThe penalties for the violation of the prohibition of the posting of workers are integrated into the structure of the Social Penal Code. This Code pen…
Read MoreArticle 189 of the new Social Penal Code states that the violation of a generally binding collective bargaining agreement will be penalized with a lev…
Read MoreThe Social Penal Code modifies the sanctions in the event of infringement of certain provisions related to safety at work. It provides for a prison se…
Read MoreConsiderations about art. 245 and 314 of the Criminal Code.
Read MoreThe Social Penal Code aims to codify social penal law and ensure uniformity in the range of sanctions. In addition to this codification and uniformity…
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The National Office for Social Security accepts the lump sum valuation of the benefit in kind of an iPad at 180 EUR and an iPhone at 150 EUR per year.…
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As mentioned in previous issues (Part I, Part II) of the Employment Newsletter, the introduction of EU social security Regulations 883/2004 and 988/20…
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As mentioned in previous issues (Part I, Part II) of the Employment Newsletter, the introduction of EU social security Regulations 883/2004 and 988/20…
Read MoreThe distinction criteria are : the remuneration of the provider and the transfer by the contracting authority of the operating risk to the provider.
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