Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Belgium as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Belgium: New labour deal
The government has pushed through its compendium of changes, many of which are not truly new for employers …
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Belgium: Successive daily temporary agency contracts
The recent evaluation of such contracts by the National Labour Council (NLC) found that the use of this resourcing method had declined over the last two years …
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