Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Belgium as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Belgium: Night work
Belgium has long applied a general prohibition on night work in retailing and commerce …
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Belgium: International business court
An International Business Court is in the course of being founded, becoming the first English speaking court in the country facilitating International Trade conflicts …
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Belgium: Deductibility of company car costs
A new formula for deductibility of company car costs will take effect in 2020 …
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Belgium: Corporate social responsibility
Belgium has now adopted a law implementing the EU framework Directive requiring large undertakings to disclose certain non-financial and diversity information …
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Belgium: Protection for whistleblowers
An amendment to the 2002 Act on the supervision of the financial sector and financial services entered into force on the 21st of August …
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Belgium: The basic employer social security rate
The basic employer social security rate is due to fall from 30% to 25% on January 1st 2018 …
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Belgium: Average earnings
Over the year to the first quarter of 2017, average earnings in industry (excluding construction increased by 1 …
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Belgium: Interprofessional Agreement system
The Belgian federal government continues to struggle with a proposed reform of the current Interprofessional Agreement system …
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Belgium: Low employment rate for immigrants
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just completed a review of the Belgian economy and has recommended that the government resolve low employment rates amongst immigrants as “only about half of non-EU immigrants aged 25–55 are employed, compared to over 80 percent for Belgian-born residents” …
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Belgium: Sweeping legal reforms in prospect
A wide range of employment reforms are currently being debated by the Belgian parliament …
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Belgium: Introduction of new immigrant integration measure approved
The Belgian government has approved a draft integration law which would require those coming to live in Belgium for more than three months from outside the EU to swear a ‘newcomers statement’ …
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Belgium: No more paper lunch vouchers
The total replacement of paper meal vouchers by the electronic lunch pass has finally been achieved in Belgium and the maximum contribution by employers increased to 6 …
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Belgium: Decision on minimum return on workplace pensions
Employers’ organisations and trade unions in Belgium have come to an agreement over a new guaranteed minimum return on workplace pensions …
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Belgium: Increase in legal pension age
A law has been passed in Belgium that will increase the legal pension age from the current 65 years to 66 years in 2025 and 67 years in 2030 …
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Belgium: Electronic eco-cheques from 2016
A law has been approved in Belgium that will allow eco-cheques to be issued in electronic form …
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