Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Belgium as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Belgium: Employers struggle to take on board the labour deal
Towards the end of last year, a facility was introduced to allow an employee to request a four-day workweek, or a new two-week changing schedule …
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Belgium: Salary thresholds change for work permits in Wallonia
The French-speaking eastern region of Belgium operates its own immigration system …
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Belgium: Whistleblowers Directive finally implemented
The Act incorporating the EU Directive on the protection of those reporting breaches of Union or national law in the private sector has finally been implemented …
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Belgium: Reduction in the period allowed for reclaiming overpaid withholding tax
A Belgian employer pays withholding tax on earned income for each employee …
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Belgium: Amendments to the system of tax-friendly bonus payments
Nothing is easy for employers in Belgium and even the introduction of a simple bonus scheme is fraught with top heavy procedures …
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Belgium: Law sets down obligatory training provisions for 2023
It is now necessary for companies that employ 20+ workers to draw up a training plan by no later than 31st March 2023 …
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Belgium: Evening work in E-Commerce
New ways to introduce night work for companies that provide logistical and support services for e-commerce in movable goods …
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Belgium: Kilometric vehicle fuel allowance now to be adjusted each quarter
The latest change for using a private vehicle for business purposes means that the tax-free allowance is now €0 …
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Belgium: Right to disconnect requirement postponed until the Spring – 2023
Although all collective bargaining agreements (CBA) were supposed to contain “right to disconnect” clauses effective from January 1st next year, the Federal Public Service organisation is allowing a further three month grace period to agree the change …
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Belgium: Reduction in employer social security contributions – 2023
Employers in the private sector (subject to the Law of 5 December 1968 on collective labour agreements and joint committees) that do not have links with tax havens will benefit from a reduction of 7 …
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Belgium: 2024 works council elections
From early next year, employers should begin to make preparations for the next Council election in May 2024 …
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Belgium: New arrangements for work absence
Employees are no longer required to provide a medical certificate to cover their first day of absence – but only for the first three instances of absence each year …
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Belgium: Arrangements for setting an alternative day off where a public holiday falls on a Sunday or other day of inactivity
In Belgium, employees are entitled to public holidays that would otherwise be lost because they happen to fall on a Sunday or other day of inactivity (such as Saturday) in a particular year …
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Belgium: Option to work a 4-day week
Employers should now be prepared for written requests from individual employees to work their weekly hours over four days without loss of salary …
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Belgium: Indexed pay increase due in January 2023
The statutory indexation of wages is set to increase the pay of one million workers – with a New Year effective date – by around 11 …
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