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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!
Employees who start their career (e.g. school-leavers) or who resume their career in the course of time (e.g. after a period of activity as a self-emp…
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La Belgique doit aider les sociétés belges à se développer, notamment grâce à la recherche et au développement. Elle doit également attirer les sociét…
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In our Headlines of 2 May 2011 we discussed the Royal Decree of 28 March 2011 that determines the wage norm for the years 2011 (0%) and 2012 (0,3%).
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In our Client Memo of 18 November 2011, we explained that new notice periods apply as of 1 January 2012. Generally, the notice periods for white-colla…
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As announced in our Newsflash of 10 May 2011, the new termination legislation (1) entered into force on 1 January 2012. These new mandatory provisions…
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Met het arrest van het Hof van Cassatie van 16 mei 2011 (S.10.0093.N) wordt eindelijk een einde gesteld aan de controverse omtrent de mogelijkheid van…
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Bij de sociale verkiezingen van 2008 werden tal van procedures aanhangig gemaakt voor de arbeidsgerechten in geschillen over de aanduiding van het lei…
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On 10 November 2011 the Constitutional Court ruled twice that the severance indemnity of an employee who reduced her/his working hours in the system o…
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When hiring new employees, it is important to keep in mind the new notice periods applicable to employees that effectively start to work after 1 Janua…
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La concertation sociale est le fondement de notre système de relations collectives de travail. Notre ordre juridique social est structuré en ce sens e…
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Suite à la catastrophe survenue à Gislenghien en 2004, l’on a constaté que les victimes de catastrophes naturelles recevaient une certaine protection …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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