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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!
The new ordinance on the management of polluted soils of the Brussels Capital Region [1], will be applicable from 1 January 2010. Undoubtedly your org…
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L'articulation de la vie privée et du travail, et plus particulièrement de la vie privée au travail, est une problématique déjà ancienne. L'émergence …
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In our latest ezine we referred to the discussion on the calculation of the compensation in lieu of notice in case of reduced work.
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Contrary to holiday pay for blue-collar workers, for white-collar workers it is paid by the employer himself.
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Last week, the Belgian government reached an agreement on the 2010-2011 federal budget. The most important social security and employment law measures…
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A company manager recently stated in a number of interviews that he could not hire certain candidates of foreign origin due to the reluctance of some …
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A blue collar worker mainly performs manual work whereas a white collar worker is deemed to perform essentially intellectual work. The difference betw…
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The new Regulation (EC) N° 883/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security schemes (hereaf…
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On 18 June 2009, the social partners of Joint Committee (JC) n°218 adopted a draft sectoral agreement for the years 2009-2010. This project is current…
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The Law implementing measures to sustain employment in times of economic downturn was published in the Belgian Official Journal on 25 June 2009. Three…
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As of 29 May 2009 Company Headquarters are no longer required to obtain work permits for any level of non-European Economic Area (EEA) citizen employe…
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As mentioned in our newsflash of 20 March 2008, joint committee 336 was established on 8 March 2008 for professional service providers in so far that …
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Ten new countries joined the EU on 1 May 2004, namely, Malta, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Sloven…
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Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) 25ter on equal pay for male and female workers was concluded by the National Labour Council on 9 July 2008. This…
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Companies and beneficiaries of stock option plans can now, under certain conditions, extend the exercise period of options granted through stock optio…
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In most countries, insolvency legislation distinguishes between bankruptcy and reorganisation proceedings. In Belgium, bankruptcies are ruled by the a…
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To implement Interprofessional Agreement (IPA) 2009-2010, the National Labour Council adopted a new Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) [1] to accom…
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Next to meal cheques, culture cheques and sport cheques, companies will, from now on, also be able to grant their employees eco cheques, which, under …
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The indexation of salaries in joint committee (JC) n° 218 raises certain issues which are highlighted as follows.
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At present, all workers performing a professional activity outside the European Economic Area (EEA)[1] and Switzerland can affiliate voluntarily to th…
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