Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Belgium as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Belgium: 13,124 new enterprises in January 2019
Over the year to the end of January 2019, active VAT-registered enterprises increased by 3 …
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Belgium: 43.5 % of employed women work part-time
An increasing number of female employees are working part-time …
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Belgium: Parliament passes Brexit act, covers employment & social security issues
The Belgian parliament has passed a measure to respond to the existence of a hard Brexit …
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Belgium: Women earn 6% less than men in 2017
Latest figures from Statistics Belgium indicate that, in 2017, there were 12% more women graduating from Belgian Universities with a degree than men …
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Belgium: Indices of hours worked in Q3 2018
Over the year to Q3 2018, the number of hours worked each day rose in Belgium by 3 …
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Belgium: 23 % of people with disabilities have a job
According to the Belgian Statistical Office, in 2017, 9% of the population aged between 15 and 64 had a disability or health problem that severely limited their daily activities …
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Belgium: Highest labour costs in the energy sector 2016
Belgian labour costs remain high, especially because of very substantial social charges …
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Belgium: 2016 survey on earnings
According to the latest results from the Belgian statistical office, in 2016 the average gross monthly salary was 17 % above the national gross monthly salary in the Brussels-Capital Region …
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Belgium: Flanders has plan to attract highly-trained foreign workers
Under a plan drafted by the Flemish Government and still subject to Council of State approval, high-skilled job-seekers from outside the European Union (EU) – such as robotic programmers – may be able to gain a work permit for up to 3 years, in the first instance …
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Belgium: Belgian union rejects Ryanair offer ahead of planned strike
The low-cost airline Ryanair has offered Belgian unions a deal that would involve the company employing local cabin crew on a contract compliant with Belgian law from 2020 and a new remuneration package based on a low base salary and a high performance-related element …
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Belgium: GDPR is now fully implemented
The GDPR is now fully implemented in Belgium, under two separate laws …
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Belgium: Man fined 3,000 euros for sexist remark
A court in Brussels is the first to prosecute someone under a law induced back in 2014 …
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Belgium: A major tax audit is underway with its focus on posted workers
A major tax audit is underway with its focus on posted workers …
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Belgium: The change of notice periods is now fully implemented
The change of notice periods during the first year of employment is now fully implemented, although not necessarily adopted by employers …
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