Vanaf het schooljaar 2017-2018 hebben de werkgevers 1 jaar in plaats van 1,5 jaar de tijd voor het indienen van hun terugbetalingsaanvragen in het kader van het betaald educatief verlof voor hun werknemers die werken in een vestigingseenheid in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.
In the Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs, the MPs of the majority have reached an agreement on a number of legislative proposals that had been blocked for a long time.
Een nieuwe lijst met forfaitaire dagelijkse verblijfsvergoedingen die kunnen worden toegekend aan de ambtenaren van de FOD Buitenlandse Zaken voor buitenlandse dienstreizen werd gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad. Deze lijst geldt vanaf 6 juli 2018 en vervangt de lijst die van toepassing was sedert 22 november 2017.
Companies that are affected by major infrastructure works can apply for support measures from the FPS Finance. With regard to withholding tax, the employer may benefit from payment facilities, exemption from interest on arrears and/or remission of fines for non-payment.
When a company director (administrator, manager or liquidator) lets a building (of which he is the owner, proprietor, leaseholder, building lease holder or beneficial life interest holder) to the company or association in which he conducts his activity, the positive difference between the rent and 5/3 of the revalorized cadastral income are considered as a professional income.
Since 1 January 2018, parts of days not worked in the event of resumption of part-time work after an illness or accident, an industrial accident or occupational disease are treated as time worked for entitlement to annual holidays. This is provided for in a Royal Decree of 7 June 2018 recently published in the Belgian Official Gazette.
What are the consequences of this for workers?
Een werkgever kan een forfaitaire kilometervergoeding toekennen aan zijn personeelsleden die voor beroepsverplaatsingen gebruik maken van hun eigen auto, motorfiets of bromfiets. Vanaf 1 juli 2018 is een nieuw bedrag van toepassing dat, voor het tweede jaar op rij, stijgt.
For some years now, Waterbuses, that employees can use for their commuting, have been operating on the Scheldt and on the Senne Canal. Recently, the FPS Finance clarified the fiscal fate of the Waterbus: the boat is to be regarded as a means of public transport.
When it is very hot outside, this can cause discomfort in the workplace. To reduce the impact on the workers, the employer has the obligation to take certain measures.
A glance at what the Codex on well-being mentions on this subject.
As the summer holidays are approaching and many hotel and catering businesses are going to employ additional staff, we will briefly refresh the minimum working time thresholds that apply in the hotel and catering sector.
The Brussels Capital Region wants to promote alternance training and thus creates 2 bonuses that can be granted in this context. These can be requested from 1 July 2018.
Two existing measures are abolished.