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31/12/10

Respect of the worker’s private life and control of the use of the new technologies: the redistribution of car…

As stated before, the Court of Cassation decided on 10 March 2008 that "except in the event of a breach of procedural formalities sanctioned by nullit…

31/12/10

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain

Force majeure and compelling grounds are legal concepts that provide for employees’ absences due to unavoidable or unforeseeable events beyond their c…

31/12/10

The pseudo self-employed: the first decision of the Court of Cassation concerning the works relation law was d…

If an independent worker is free to accept a task, but is not free to organize his work as he wishes, he is not a true independent, and thus is an emp…

28/12/10

SIGeDIS

A special employer social security contribution of 8.86% is due on premiums paid within the framework of supplementary pension schemes (e.g. group ins…

27/12/10

Alcoolisme et drogue au travail : jurisprudence récente et conseils

Dans trois décisions récentes, les juridictions ont été amenées à se positionner face à des situations de drogue ou d’alcoolisme sur le lieu de travai…

27/12/10

Pécule de vacances sur pécule de vacances (Bis)?

Dans l’un de nos précédents ezines, nous avions déjà commenté la jurisprudence de la Cour de Cassation (arrêt du 15 juin 1996 et confirmation du 29 ju…

13/12/10

Commercial court states that an employer may not oblige a job candidate to provide a certificate of good condu…

Requesting potential employees to provide a certificate of good conduct has been a long-standing practice for many Belgian employers.

09/12/10

Rules and recent case law on part-time work

In order to discourage Belgian companies from hiring part-time employees but letting them work on a full-time basis and only paying social security co…

08/12/10

L’arrêt Heineken : (quelles) conséquences pour la Belgique?

La Cour de justice des communautés européennes a dû se prononcer sur la question de savoir s'il était nécessaire, en cas de transfert d'entreprise que…

08/12/10

Cadres, soyez flexibles !

L'acte équipollent à rupture ou « impliciet ontslag » en néerlandais, est un mode de rupture du contrat de travail. Pour qu'il y ait acte équipollent …

07/12/10

Des travailleurs âgés licenciés à l’âge de la pension: encore possible?

L'article 83, § 1 de la Loi relative aux contrats de travail permet de mettre fin au contrat de travail à durée indéterminée d'un employé qui atteint …

17/11/10

Indexation of salary levels for work permits

In application of article 131 of the law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts and article 9 of the Royal Decree of 9 June 1999 enforcing the law of …

15/11/10

Permis de travail – nouvelles directives

Recently, the regional immigration authorities have been increasingly stringent in processing applications relating to work permits “B” for highly qua…

14/11/10

La travailleuse reclassée en raison de sa grossesse doit continuer à percevoir l’entièreté de sa rémunération

C'est la réponse à laquelle arrive la Cour de justice des communautés européennes lors d'une question préjudicielle posée par une juridiction finlanda…

08/11/10

The employer’s right to control versus the employee’s private life

The employer, who submits evidence of violations by his employee, should best – also after the decision of the Dutch-speaking Chamber of the Belgian S…

30/10/10

Does the succession of services’ suppliers constitute a transfer of undertaking under CBA 32bis?

The ECJ’s case-law interprets the notion of “transfer of undertaking” in such a broad way that it considers in certain cases that the existence of a d…

28/10/10

Shorter notice period for retirement age employees: discrimination?

Article 83, § 1 of the Act on employment contracts determines that when an employee reaches the age of 65 (the legal retirement age), the employer can…

27/10/10

Ook RSZ-bijdragen verschuldigd op vertrekpremie – forfaitaire beroepskosten RSZ bekendgemaakt

Wanneer een onderneming een herstructurering doorvoert waarbij het personeelsbestand een inkrimping ondergaat, wordt soms afgesproken dat werknemers d…

14/10/10

Once-only policy for late eco-cheques

In our newsflash of 3 April 2009, we announced the introduction of the eco-cheque as a new remuneration element, which under certain conditions, is ex…

24/09/10

New Belgian Corporate Governance Act on Remuneration in Listed Companies

There has been a recent public outcry in Belgium over the extremely large bonuses and severance packages granted to certain company directors. At the …

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

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Inger De Wilde joins Eubelius as Of Counsel

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Nieuwe registratieplicht voor werkgevers in de Federal Learn…

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

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31/12/10

Respect of the worker’s private life and control of the use of the new technologies: the redistribution of car…

31/12/10

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain

31/12/10

The pseudo self-employed: the first decision of the Court of Cassation concerning the works relation law was d…

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Alcoolisme et drogue au travail : jurisprudence récente et conseils

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Pécule de vacances sur pécule de vacances (Bis)?

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Commercial court states that an employer may not oblige a job candidate to provide a certificate of good condu…

09/12/10

Rules and recent case law on part-time work

08/12/10

L’arrêt Heineken : (quelles) conséquences pour la Belgique?

08/12/10

Cadres, soyez flexibles !

07/12/10

Des travailleurs âgés licenciés à l’âge de la pension: encore possible?

17/11/10

Indexation of salary levels for work permits

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Permis de travail – nouvelles directives

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La travailleuse reclassée en raison de sa grossesse doit continuer à percevoir l’entièreté de sa rémunération

08/11/10

The employer’s right to control versus the employee’s private life

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Does the succession of services’ suppliers constitute a transfer of undertaking under CBA 32bis?

28/10/10

Shorter notice period for retirement age employees: discrimination?

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Ook RSZ-bijdragen verschuldigd op vertrekpremie – forfaitaire beroepskosten RSZ bekendgemaakt

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Once-only policy for late eco-cheques

24/09/10

New Belgian Corporate Governance Act on Remuneration in Listed Companies