Na het vonnis van de Arbeidsrechtbank van Brussel van 3 mei 2021, waarin de MIVB/STIB werd veroordeeld tot het beëindigen van haar neutraliteitsbeleid wegens discriminatie op grond van geloofsovertuiging en geslacht,
On 17 June 2021, the Constitutional Court issued an important decision in which it ruled that the fact that there are no statutory prohibitions or limits on alternating fixed-term employment contracts and replacement contracts violates the Constitution. It invites the legislator to regulate this issue.
The European Court of Human Right’s ruling of 15 June 2021 concerned the dismissal of a contractual cleaning lady in an educational government service because she ‘liked’ (politically) sensitive posts on Facebook. The Court considered this dismissal as a violation of the employee’s freedom of expression (Article 10 European Convention of Human Rights).
At the risk of kicking in an open door, working from home and the return to the office has become this summer’s hot topic. In Belgium the pandemic has meant that working from home where you could was mandatory until the end of June. Employees are now gradually returning to the workplace but surveys show that if it were left up to them, most would prefer to continue to work from home at least 2 or 3 days a week.
Crowell & Moring LLP’s 2021 series of client alerts: Whistleblowing – A Guide to Compliance is intended to provide companies with a practical guide to help them comply with their obligations under the EU Whistleblower Directive.
Règlementation distincte pour les contrats de travail conclus à durée déterminée (ou pour un travail nettement défini) et les contrats de remplacement
At the risk of kicking in an open door, working from home and the return to the office has become this summer’s hot topic. In Belgium the pandemic has meant that working from home where you could was mandatory until the end of June. Employees are now gradually returning to the workplace but surveys show that if it were left up to them, most would prefer to continue to work from home at least 2 or 3 days a week.
In order to facilitate the safe and free movement of people within the EU, the European Commission introduced the Digital Covid Certificate which should be available in all Member States as of 1 July 2021. This EU Digital Covid Certificate was made available in Belgium on 16 June 2021.
Op 17 juni 2021 heeft het parlement een wetsvoorstel aangenomen tot uitbreiding van het rouwverlof bij het overlijden van een partner of een kind en inzake het flexibeler opnemen van het rouwverlof. Het doel van deze wet is voldoende tijd uit te trekken, vanuit een medisch perspectief, om een natuurlijk en normaal rouwproces te bevorderen.
In het kader van thuiswerk heeft de belastingadministratie in een circulaire de terugbetaling door de werkgever van kantoorkosten van de werknemer en de terbeschikkingstelling door de werkgever van kantoormeubilair / informaticamateriaal verduidelijkt.
