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23/08/21

Returning to the workplace – Part 5: working time for teleworkers

In this fifth and final episode of our Working from Home series, we will dive into the less explored topic of working time for teleworkers.

13/08/21

Regering legt loonnorm voor 2021-2022 vast op 0,4%

Nadat de sociale partners zelf geen akkoord konden bereiken over de maximale marge van de loonkostenevolutie voor de jaren 2021-2022, heeft de regerin…

12/08/21

The new "corona" premium for employees : an interesting social and tax incentive

On 1 August 2021, the 'corona premium' rules came into force in Belgium. This premium, paid in the form of consumption vouchers (either electronic or …

31/07/21

Returning to the workplace – Part 4: Now you see me, now you don’t … Monitoring teleworkers’ productivity

The pandemic has given an enormous boost to working from home, in particular (to state the obvious) when it was mandatory. Where roles permitted it, e…

29/07/21

Coronapremie is er!

Vandaag zijn in het Belgisch Staatsblad de regels rond de coronapremie verschenen.

28/07/21

Belgium extends and enhances paid bereavement leave

On 15 July 2021, Belgium published the law of 27 June 2021 "extending bereavement leave in the event of the death of a partner or child and introducin…

27/07/21

New headscarf ruling from the European Court of Justice

On 15 July 2021, the European Court of Justice ruled in two German cases that a neutral dress code in the workplace does not constitute either direct …

26/07/21

Returning to the workplace – Part 3: Off to town for a home office? (Belgium)

I will start this third part of our Working from Home series with a confession: I worked the first couple of weeks of lockdown from a small table drag…

21/07/21

EU Court of Justice says headscarf ban is not discriminatory

Following the STIB judgement of 3 May 2021 by the Labour Court of Brussels, ordering the STIB to end its policy of neutrality due to discrimination on…

20/07/21

Succession of fixed-term employment contracts and replacement contracts: the Constitutional Court rules on the…

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 lim…

17/07/21

ECtHR rules on social media-linked dismissal in Melike v. Turkey

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…

16/07/21

Returning to the workplace, Part 2 - when working from home comes at a price

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 pandemi…

14/07/21

Vigilance de mise en cas de succession alternée de contrats de travail à durée déterminée et de contrats de re…

Règlementation distincte pour les contrats de travail conclus à durée déterminée (ou pour un travail nettement défini) et les contrats de remplacement…

14/07/21

Whistleblowing – A Guide to Compliance: Part 4

Crowell & Moring LLP’s 2021 series of client alerts: Whistleblowing – A Guide to Compliance is intended to provide companies with a practical guid…

12/07/21

EU Digital COVID-19 certificates and free PCR tests this summer

In order to facilitate the safe and free movement of people within the EU, the European Commission introduced the Digital Covid Certificate which shou…

12/07/21

Returning to the workplace, Part 1 – attention to detail (Belgium)

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…

09/07/21

Bereavement leave is soon to be extended and made more flexible

On 17 June 2021, a bill was passed in Parliament to extend and ease bereavement leave in the event of the death of a partner or a child. The aim of th…

08/07/21

Contribution of the employer for teleworking: a new circular letter

In the context of teleworking, the tax authorities clarified in a circular letter the reimbursement by the employer of office expenses made by the emp…

02/07/21

Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | Can an employer organise a tombola for his employe…

To celebrate the victory of the Belgian football team, I would like to organise a tombola and the winner may go on a city trip. Is this allowed?

30/06/21

An introduction to social inspections

The government has made the fight against social dumping and social fraud a priority, resulting in ever-increasing monitoring action from social inspe…

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Legal interest rate for 2024

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Malissa Begtas joins the Employment, Pensions & Mobility team at Taylor Wessing in Brussels…

15/09/23

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Inger De Wilde joins Eubelius as Of Counsel

12/06/24

Nieuwe registratieplicht voor werkgevers in de Federal Learn…

06/06/24

Internal investigations: an employee’s right to be assisted …

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23/08/21

Returning to the workplace – Part 5: working time for teleworkers

13/08/21

Regering legt loonnorm voor 2021-2022 vast op 0,4%

12/08/21

The new "corona" premium for employees : an interesting social and tax incentive

31/07/21

Returning to the workplace – Part 4: Now you see me, now you don’t … Monitoring teleworkers’ productivity

29/07/21

Coronapremie is er!

28/07/21

Belgium extends and enhances paid bereavement leave

27/07/21

New headscarf ruling from the European Court of Justice

26/07/21

Returning to the workplace – Part 3: Off to town for a home office? (Belgium)

21/07/21

EU Court of Justice says headscarf ban is not discriminatory

20/07/21

Succession of fixed-term employment contracts and replacement contracts: the Constitutional Court rules on the…

17/07/21

ECtHR rules on social media-linked dismissal in Melike v. Turkey

16/07/21

Returning to the workplace, Part 2 - when working from home comes at a price

14/07/21

Vigilance de mise en cas de succession alternée de contrats de travail à durée déterminée et de contrats de re…

14/07/21

Whistleblowing – A Guide to Compliance: Part 4

12/07/21

EU Digital COVID-19 certificates and free PCR tests this summer

12/07/21

Returning to the workplace, Part 1 – attention to detail (Belgium)

09/07/21

Bereavement leave is soon to be extended and made more flexible

08/07/21

Contribution of the employer for teleworking: a new circular letter

02/07/21

Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | Can an employer organise a tombola for his employe…

30/06/21

An introduction to social inspections