A ministerial decree of 12 January 2021 provides for exceptions to the rule that non-residents coming from a red area must present a negative test result on the basis of a test carried out at the e
A Royal Decree of 5 January 2021, recently published in the Belgian Official Gazette, regulates the additional specific tasks assigned to the prevention advisor-occupational physician in combating
The measures relating to the freeze on decreasing unemployment benefits and the resumption of work by unemployed persons in crucial sectors are extended.
The flash controls on compliance with mandatory teleworking in the tertiary sector (= services sector), which were already announced in January, are extended by 1 month.
Every two years, the Belgian Central Economic Council (CCE/CRB) publishes a report about the margin available for wage cost development. For the period 2021-2022, the available margin is 0.4 %.
The reduction for the first employee is extended so that it also applies to hirings from 1 January 2021 onwards. The Royal Decree regulating this extension has now been published.
Days of temporary unemployment due to force majeure caused by the coronavirus were treated as days actually worked for entitlement to annual leave until 31 December 2020.
On 12 January 2021, another ministerial decree that changes the rules for foreign employees was published. In this infoflash we discuss some of the new measures:
The National Employment Office ONEm/RVA has recently provided some important clarifications on the possibility for the employee to receive temporary unemployment benefits due to force majeure '
Each year the Belgian National Labour Council determines, in pursuance of the collective bargaining agreement No 17, whether the corporate allowances and the reference wage threshold for the RCC/SW
Employees returning from a business trip in a red zone certified by their employer may be exempted from quarantine if a check of the ‘Passenger Locator Form’ and the self-assessment questionnaire i
The adjustments of the wages for January 2021 are available.
