News & Articles

23/12/21

Rules for self-employed workers

The status of platform workers and its recent developments: where do we stand? The requalification of workers is not an easy matter, especially with t…

20/12/21

Whistleblowing – A Guide to Compliance: Part 6

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

17/12/21

Klokkenluidersregelingen: stand van zaken

D'ici demain, 17 décembre 2021, la Directive EU sur les lanceurs d'alerte n° 2019/1937 du 23 octobre 2019 doit en principe être transposée dans la lég…

16/12/21

The clock is ticking for whistleblowing schemes

European Directive 2019/1937 imposes an obligation on the Member States to provide for a legal framework for whistleblowing schemes in the private and…

29/11/21

Belgium’s largest Joint Committee reaches a new agreement on employment and working conditions – deadlines for…

Against the background of industrial unrest in other sectors, the social partners of Joint Committee 200 –the Committee representing the largest numbe…

29/11/21

New salary increases in Joint Committee n° 200

On 18 November 2021, the social partners within the general Joint Committee for white-collar employees (JC 200) signed a sector-level agreement regard…

23/11/21

Verplicht telethuiswerk: to do’s voor werkgevers

Zoals reeds aangekondigd in onze eerdere e-flash is telethuiswerk opnieuw verplicht voor alle personeelsleden (ongeacht de aard van de arbei…

22/11/21

Mandatory teleworking as of this Monday, with a possibility of a limited return to work

The Government has just announced that teleworking will once again be compulsory for all companies, associatio…

22/11/21

Teleworking mandatory once again!

In view of the worsening epidemic situation, the government has decided to make telework compulsory again. As of 20 November 2021, all workers are obl…

22/11/21

Covid-19: the return of mandatory remote work

Now Belgium is in the midst of a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections, the Government has decided to take stricter measures, including the reintroductio…

22/11/21

Belgium imposes tighter Covid measures (including an obligation to work from home again)

In the wave of sunny optimism following the roll-out of our vaccination programme this spring-summer, few people in Belgium had anticipated that the C…

19/11/21

New Tax Regime For Foreign Executives

The Belgian Federal Government recently announced that the current tax regime for foreign executives is expected to be replaced by a new tax regime th…

18/11/21

Telewerk opnieuw verplicht

Vanwege de verslechterde Covid-19-situatie, heef het Overlegcomité gisterenavond een aantal strengere regels aangekondigd. 

16/11/21

JC no. 200 - draft sectoral agreement 2021-2022

15/11/21

Fiscale en sociale vergroening van bedrijfswagens

Het wetsontwerp houdende fiscale en sociale vergroening van de mobiliteit werd op 10 november 2021 goedgekeurd in de Kamer. Dit wetsontwerp bevat een …

09/11/21

Court of Cassation rules on remuneration of stand-by time

On 21 June 2021, the Court of Cassation ruled that stand-by time of (voluntary) firemen performed outside of the fire station must be considered as wo…

05/11/21

Over het systeem van hoofdelijke aansprakelijkheid voor RSZ-schulden

Wie een beroep doet op een (onder)aannemer die sociale schulden heeft op het ogenblik van het afsluiten van de overeenkomst en deze inhoudings- en sto…

28/10/21

Mobility budget: amendments in the context of a greener tax and social mobility

On 20 October 2021, the Finance Commission in Belgium approved a Bill on greener company cars.

27/10/21

Een pauze met beschikbaarheidsdienst kan soms arbeidstijd zijn

In onze e-zine van 15 maart 2021 verduidelijkten we welke criteria relevant zijn om  te oordelen of wacht- of stand-by diensten thuis arbeidstijd…

22/10/21

The responsibility contribution in the event of an employer's excessive use of economic unemployment