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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!
Until recently, Belgium was one of the last countries in Europe where the blue and white-collar workers were treated differently, inter alia regarding…
Read MoreMet het eenheidsstatuut worden heel wat nieuwe regels ingevoerd die een belangrijke impact zullen hebben op het HR beleid van ondernemingen. Allen &a…
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In de Kamer werd gisteren (27 maart) het wetsontwerp goedgekeurd dat een geleidelijke opheffing beoogt van de verschillen in behandeling op basis van …
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Before the end of the year, an account of the vacation pay has to be made for the workers who, during the course of the year, shifted from fulltime em…
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On 12 February 2014, the social stakeholders concluded Collective Bargaining Agreement No 109 regarding the obligation to provide a reason for dismiss…
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Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) n° 109 introduces an obligation to state the reasons for dismissal.
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Et si la cotisation annuelle à charge des sociétés était déclarée illégale, de quelle manière et surtout dans quelle mesure une société pourrait-elle …
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Federal Government reverses measure to no longer subject protection indemnities to social security contributions.
Read MoreFederal Government reverses measure to no longer subject protection indemnities to social security contributions.
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In de nasleep van de wet op het eenheidsstatuut hebben de sociale partners een akkoord bereikt over de motiveringsplicht bij ontslag. De regeling is v…
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The European Commission recently provided practical guidelines for determining a person’s residence country in the EU, within the framework of Regulat…
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On 12 February 2014, the National Labour Council (NLC) has entered into the long-awaited CBA on the motivation of the dismissal. By doing so, the soci…
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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…
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Belgian employment law has no specific rules applicable to company managers. As the Brussels Labour Court stated in a judgment issued on 19 April 200…
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Since 1 October 2013 social security contributions must be paid on almost all (severance) payments that are due by the employer based on the terminati…
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In two judgments issued on 7 November 2013, the Belgian Constitutional Court annulled the so-called “living in your own region” and “social obligation…
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On 11 December 2013, the Commission's approval of Microsoft's acquisition of Skype survived a challenge brought by two competing producers of internet…
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For all employees whose employment contracts are terminated from 1 January 2014, a new redundancy scheme with uniform notice periods shall apply. This…
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The social stakeholders reached an agreement to harmonise the white collar and blue collar employee regimes (See, VBB on Belgian Business Law, Volume …
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In a much-discussed judgment of 7 July 2011, the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that the difference in treatment between white-collar employees (i…
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