Covid-19: unrestricted employment of students in the healthcare sector in the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2022 02 November 2022 Until 31 December 2022 the healthcare sector can make unlimited use of low-cost student labour. The rule change was finally approved by the Chamber. Read more
Law on work-life balance: carers’ leave 31 October 2022 The law of 7 October 2022 partially transposing the European directive on work-life balance into Belgian law, introduces the possibility for workers to apply for a new leave: carers’ leave. Read more
Work-life balance law: strengthening the protection against dismissal 31 October 2022 The law of 7.10.2022 transposing the European directive on work-life balance into Belgian law reinforces the protection of the rights of employees who benefit from certain types of leave. Read more
Economic unemployment ‘Energy’ treated as actual days worked for the annual leave 28 October 2022 Economic unemployment ‘energy’ is treated in the same way as the system of temporary unemployment due to lack of work for economic reasons with regard to all the rights of employees resulting from Read more
No nominative list of incoming taxpayers and researchers for income year 2022 28 October 2022 On 1 January 2022 two special tax regimes were introduced, one for incoming taxpayers and one for incoming researchers. Each year the employer must submit a nominative list of affected employees. Read more
Partial work resumption: deviation from the minimum duration per period worked 27 October 2022 In the case of a partial resumption of work, it is assumed that the employee's employment contract is not changed, but that certain modalities of the performance of the contract are modified.< Read more
Change from summer time to winter time 21 October 2022 We enter winter time on Sunday 30 October 2020. This means putting the clocks back an hour (at 3 am it will actually be 2 am). Read more
Collective closure 19 October 2022 Leave dates within a company can be set either individually by means of an agreement between the employer and each employee or collectively (for the company’s staff) in case of a closure of the com Read more
Annual leave days and the end of the year: which rules must be observed? 18 October 2022 The end of the year is approaching and many of you have reached the same conclusion: some of your employees still have to take a lot of days of leave before the end of the year. Read more
Announced flash controls in the carwash sector (November 2022) 18 October 2022 In November 2022, the social inspection services organize national flash controls in the carwash sector (JC 112). Read more
Dual training adult education 17 October 2022 As already announced, dual learning adult education started in Flanders on 1 September 2022. Below we give a brief overview of this new system. Read more
Partial work resumption: deviation from the minimum weekly working hours 13 October 2022 In the case of a partial resumption of work, it is assumed that the employee's employment contract is not changed, but that certain modalities of the performance of the contract are modified.< Read more