Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Belgium as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Belgium: New obligations concerning nanomaterials
A new statutory obligation to place nanomaterials on a national register and inform the company Committees for Protection and Prevention at Work (CPPT-CPPW) will take effect in Belgium on January 1st 2016 …
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Belgium: Use of eco-cheques extended
Employer associations and trade unions in Belgium have agreed to extend the list of products and services that may be obtained using eco-cheques …
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Belgium: Controversy over A1 forms
The European Commission has referred Belgium to the European Court of Justice for not accepting mobile workers’ A1 forms …
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Belgium: New provisions on parental leave
In Belgium the cross-industry collective bargaining agreement No …
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Belgium: Minimum wage increases in Europe
January 1st 2015 saw the national minimum wage rate increase in many countries in Europe …
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Belgium: Collective redundancies in 2014
Between January and December 2014, 111 companies in Belgium announced an intention to collectively dismiss employees …
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Belgium: Early retirement age raised
On January 1st 2015, the age for early retirement in Belgium was increased from 60 to 62 …
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Belgium: Backlash against labour reform
Belgium’s government has announced new austerity plans to increase the pension age from 65 to 67 and restrict the scope for early retirement …
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Belgium: Cross-border employment contracts may be in another language
In Belgium, the Flemish Parliament has amended the Flemish Decree regarding use of languages in employment relationships …
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Belgium: Precisions on tackling the gender pay gap
On May 15th, Belgium published a royal decree and a ministerial decree specifying how companies should perform their duties under the Wage Gap Act (loi relative à l’écart salarial) …
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Belgium: Labour court statistics
Over the period 2010 to 2013, 4734 cases per year on average were filed at the labour courts in Belgium …
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