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Legal interest rate for 2024

The legal interest rate for 2024 increases to 5.75%.

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

Starting from 1 December 2023, counsel Malissa Begtas will be joining the Employment, Pensions & Mobility team of Taylor Xessing in Brussels. With over a decade of experience i…

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Inger De Wilde joins Eubelius as Of Counsel

Inger De Wilde has joined Eubelius as Of Counsel. She will strengthen the Employment team headed by Liesbet Vandenplas.

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Nieuwe registratieplicht voor werkgevers in de Federal Learn…

Depuis la loi du 3 octobre 2022 portant des dispositions diverses relatives…

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

The Supreme Court clarifies… but is already overruled by recent legislative…

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Employment : Social elections, day X-60 is coming very close

The so-called preparatory phase in which the technical operating unit(s) and the number of employees, the high management and middle management functi…

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Di Rupo I: les mesures qui influent sur votre gestion du personnel

Les voitures de société deviennent plus chères. L’avantage en nature est calculé selon la valeur catalogue de la voiture et sur base des émissions de …

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Liedekerke Headlines Labour & Employment : New rules for student workers and new website studentatwork.be

As from 2012, new simplified rules for student work enter into force. These new rules, laid down in the Act of 28 July 2011, do not affect the student…

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New “Claeys” Formula 2011 Published

On 10 October 2011, an updated version of the “Claeys formula” was published. The “Claeys formula”, developed by attorney Thierry Claeys, offers a for…

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Anything posted on Facebook can be used against you

On 17 November 2011, the Leuven labour court ruled in favour of the lawful dismissal for serious cause of an employee who posted comments on Facebook …

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Salary thresholds 2012 published

The indexed salary thresholds have been published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 22 November 2011. The new amounts for 2012 are 31.467 EUR, 37.721…

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Replacement of public holidays in 2012 – be on time !

In Belgium, employees are not allowed to work on 10 official public holidays per year. In 2012, the 10 official public holidays will be as follows:

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New notice periods as from 2012 and harmonization of the blue-collar workers & the white-collar workers’ s…

The new notice periods are specified in the Act of 12 April 20111 , adopted as a result of the rejection by the unions of the draft Inter-professional…

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Focus on Social Elections Step By Step

The social elections for the designation of the representatives of the workers at the works’ council (“WC”) and the committee for prevention and prote…

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Social security agreement between Belgium and Argentina

Belgium and Argentina recently signed a social security agreement which has been submitted for ratification. This agreement will have major consequenc…

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Judgment of the Constitutional Court of 7 July 2011

The distinctions between blue and white collars are contrary to Articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution since they are no longer justified in an object…

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Quantity of free EUA for the aviation

Publication of the rules for the allocation of EUA to the aviation sector.

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NEW UPDATED CLAEYS FORMULA

The Claeys formula, which is often used as a guideline for determining the notice period, has been updated. The new version leads to slightly lower re…

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Le temps de garde inactive ne doit pas être rémunéré (comme) des heures de travail effectives

Un « senior field ingénieur », employé auprès d'une entreprise IT doit pour partie de son travail exécuter des gardes (stand-by) pour répondre à certa…

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NOTIFICATION FOR THE EMPLOYERS FALLING UNDER THE SCOPE OF JOINT COMMITTEE N° 218: SECTORIAL AGREEMENT 2011-201…

Within the joint committee n° 218 (the National Auxiliary Joint Committee for White-Collar Workers), the sector agreement was signed on 19 September 2…

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Verbrekingsvergoeding voor betaalde sportbeoefenaars.

De problematiek inzake verbrekingsvergoeding van betaalde sportbeoefenaars (of in tegenovergesteld geval van de sportvereniging) is momenteel weer bra…

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De Wet van 12 april 2011 m.b.t. de nieuwe opzegtermijnen voor arbeiders en bedienden: een kort leven beschoren…

België is één van de laatste Europese landen die een onderscheid maakt tussen bedienden, zijnde werknemers die hoofdzakelijk hoofdarbeid verrichte, en…

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SOCIALE VERKIEZINGEN 2011: Wat in twijfelgevallen? Al dan niet opstarten?

De sociale verkiezingen dienen in principe plaats te vinden tijdens de periode door de wet vastgelegd.

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A new law in the fight against advertisement recruiters

Recently a law amending the Law of 6 April 2010 relative to market practices and consumer protection in the fight against the touts advertising was pu…

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New recommendations concerning workplace bullying

On 14 July 2011, the House Committee on Social Affairs of the Belgian Parliament adopted a proposal (the "Proposal") containing a number of recommenda…

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