Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Belgium as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Belgium: Worker certificates

A new restrictive period under the health emergency is underway and will last until at least 13th December 2020 …

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Belgium: Intracompany Transferee Permit

At long last, it will be possible (lockdown permitting) from 1st October 2020 for managers and specialists with at least a University degree and trainees with a Master’s degree to apply for an EU Intracompany Transferee Permit to allow them to live and work in Belgium for between 90 days and three years …

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Belgium: Legal aid income thresholds

Legal aid income thresholds were changed on September 1st 2020 …

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Belgium: Public health passenger locator form

All persons travelling to, or transiting through, Belgium with a stay of more than 48 hours must complete and submit a Passenger Locator Form within the 48 hours before their arrival in the country …

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Belgium: New compulsory face mask rules

It is now compulsory for all those aged 12+ to wear face masks covering the nose and mouth …

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Belgium: Secret commissions taxation: a circular letter explains how the escape route must be applied

The dreaded application of “Secret Commissions Tax” (SCT) has not been made much easier for employees following a recent tax authority (FPSF) circular …

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Belgium: Social security exemption possible

Although most workplaces have been allowed to reopen, a number of restrictions remain and employers continue to be encouraged by the government to arrange teleworking, wherever possible …

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Belgium: Employee medical certificate

The National Labour Council (SNT) and “Group of Ten” policy advisers in Belgium have mutually drawn up a new employee medical certificate …

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Belgium: Social elections 2020 postponed

The National Labour Council has concluded that the timetable for social elections should be postponed …

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Belgium: Vouchers should be extended for six months

The National Labour Council has agreed that, due to closure of many facilities during the crisis, existing social, eco, gift and sports/cultural vouchers should be extended for six months, or until December 31st 2020 (as appropriate) to allow employees receiving them to still spend them when circumstances allow …

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Belgium: Cross-border commuters working in crucial sectors can get vignette to pass Belgian border with priority

Workers who live in Belgium and work in the Netherlands must possess a letter (in Dutch) confirming they are a vital worker in a crucial sector …

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Belgium: 2020 Social elections countdown

Social elections this year for employee representatives to sit on works councils or “committees for prevention and protection at work” are now upon us …

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Belgium: 2020 Salary thresholds announced

Following in the wake of the Dutch amendments to salary thresholds for highly skilled migrants (Newswire 13/02/20), Belgium has declared its own figures …

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Belgium: AG’s Opinion: Mass retention of data incompatible with EU law

Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona has advised the European Court of Justice in respect to challenges to the indiscriminate retention of communication data under French and Belgian law …

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Belgium: Gambling addiction

Every HR professional will have come across employees who have a gambling addiction …

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