With everything COVID-19 related going on it has been easy to take the eye off the ball on Brexit. The end of the transition period is fast approaching and whilst we all hope a "deal" will be reached we cannot be sure.
The COVID-19 pandemic is still causing uncertainty with respect to business travel, employee posting, and work permit and visa application processes worldwide. What are the options for global employers who wish to hire high-profile employees in Belgium and have them start work as soon as possible?
Mercredi dernier, l’ONEM a mis à jour ses directives concernant le bénéfice des allocations de chômage temporaire liées au coronavirus[1].
Since the third quarter of 2018, the National Social Security Office (NSSO) has substantially broadened its interpretation of what is to be understood as ‘salary’ subject to social security contributions.
As from tomorrow, 1 July 2020, the maximum amount of the fixed mileage compensation will be set at EUR 0.3542 per kilometer. This is a decrease of the amount, which is EUR 0.3653 until 30 June 2020.
The agreements concluded between Belgium and the Netherlands/Luxembourg, which implement a mutual “force majeure tolerance” for cross-border workers in relation to COVID-19 (travel) restrictions, were already extended until 31 august 2020. We anticipated that a similar extension would become applicable for the agreements between Belgium and Germany/France). This has now been confirmed.
The Belgian government is acutely aware that businesses will feel the impact of the Covid-19 crisis well beyond the summer months. To that end, a new set of measures was decided during the Inner Cabinet meeting of 12 June. Information on these measures is still scarce, but we thought we’d share the highlights with you now (and of course will update you when we can).
En application des règles « anti-cumul » classiques, le cumul de revenus (professionnels et/ou de remplacement) avec la pension légale peut entraîner la suspension ou la réduction de celle-ci. Or, certains pensionnés ont repris ou étendu leur activité professionnelle dans le cadre de la lutte contre le COVID-19, et de nombreuses personnes bénéficient d’un revenu de remplacement ou d’une indemnité spécifique octroyée en raison du COVID-19.
Entre mai et décembre 2020, les allocations de chômage temporaire seront soumises à un précompte professionnel réduit (15 %, au lieu de 26,75 %). Rien ne change pour le supplément éventuel que l’employeur ou le fonds sectoriel verse au travailleur, ni pour l’imposition finale.
As a result of the revised Posted Workers Directive, EU Member States are obliged to amend their posting rules before 30 July 2020. On Thursday 28 May, the draft Act on various provisions on the posting of workers was approved by the Belgian Parliament. The text is now definitive and has only to be published in the Belgian State Gazette. In this newsflash we briefly describe the main changes.
