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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!
In three judgments issued in 2013, three Courts of Labour seem to have adopted a common position on the question of knowing when a dismissal for serio…
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Uw bediende Jos wordt volgende maandag ziek op het werk en vertrekt naar huis om 14 uur. Hij is één van de vele slachtoffers van de huidige griepepide…
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Op 18 december 2014 heeft het Europees Hof van Justitie een arrest geveld over het ontslag van een Deense werknemer die leed aan obesitas. Het Hof die…
Read MoreA recent judgment of the French-speaking Labour Tribunal of Brussels addressed the issue of the applicable legislation in a cross-border employment in…
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From 1 January 2015, the applicable annual remuneration thresholds for various employment law purposes are:
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Dans ses instructions relatives au 4ème trimestre 2014, l'O.N.S.S. officialise la manière dont l'utilisation personnelle d'un GSM ou d'un smartphone, …
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In an international mobility scenario involving cross-border employment in one or more states, it is probable that at least some of the legislation of…
Read MoreTime frames during which an employee has to be permanently on call to answer a call from his employer, but during which the employee is not obliged to…
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Following new legislation regarding psychosocial risks in the work place, employers need to be aware of several necessary actions.
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Sector specific indexation rules are still applicable while legislation for the 2015 "indexation skip" is pending. Although the governmental agreemen…
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Royal Decree n°38 provides that persons appointed with a mandate as director of a Belgian company are irrefutably presumed to perform a self-employed …
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The Decree of still imposes the obligation to use the Dutch language but allows the use of another language known by all parties for employment contra…
Read MoreThe ban on employing temporary agency workers during a strike, which can be found in article 19 of the collective labour agreement n° 108 of 16 July 2…
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Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) n° 109 introduces an obligation to state the reasons for dismissal.
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The Parliament recently approved a new law (1) amending the calculation method of social security contributions for the self-employed. The new legisla…
Read MoreDuring the final days before the year-end celebrations, certain employers like to offer a gift or gift vouchers to their employees but have questions …
Read MoreAlors qu'un système de choix et de réversibilité de choix entre les chèques-repas délivrés sur support papier et les chèques-repas sous forme électron…
Read MoreOn 10 July, the social partners within the National Joint Committee for Employees (No. 218) signed a Collective Labour Agreement about outplacement fo…
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A WC has to be set up in companies with 100 employees or more. The same applies in companies where a WC should have been established during the previo…
Read MoreNon-competition clauses are regularly included in employment contracts. This article clarifies the points an employer should pay attention to when dra…
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