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Employment contract

Federal Learning Account: start registering your employees' training!

02 April 2024
The Federal Learning Account (FLA) entered into force on 1 April 2024.
Employment contract

Guaranteed Minimum Income: amounts as of 1 April 2024

02 April 2024
The amount of the Guaranteed Average Monthly Minimum Income (GAMMI) increases as of 1 April 2024, in accordance with the social agreement reached on 25 June 2021.
Taxation

Withholding tax exemption for shift work: imminent changes

27 March 2024
The shift work exemption applies if the same work, both in terms of content and scope, is performed in shifts. The Government is currently working on updating the measure.
Social dialogue

Social elections 2024: agreement on postal vote

26 March 2024
When appropriate and provided that certain conditions are met, an agreement must be obtained on the postal vote during the electoral procedure.
Employment contract

Switch to summer time: how should shift workers be paid?

21 March 2024
On Sunday 31 March 2024, we will switch to summer time, which means setting our clocks forward one hour. This switch to summer time can pose difficulties for calculating the remuneration of certain categories of workers.
Privacy

Whistleblower: clarification regarding the calculation of the required number of employees

21 March 2024
An internal reporting channel is mandatory in legal entities in the private sector employing at least 50 employees. A law of 9.2.2024 clarifies the calculation modalities of this threshold.
Training

Federal Learning Account

19 March 2024
To manage the individual training right, every private employer will soon have to register all training related to the employment relationship in a registration tool, the FLA.
Working conditions

Right to disconnect 1 year already!

13 March 2024
The right to disconnect must be guaranteed in certain companies from 1 April 2023. In concrete terms, if you employ at least 20 workers, you are required to provide for this right via a company collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or your employment regulations.
Social dialogue

Social elections 2024: electoral colleges and polling stations

11 March 2024
During the electoral procedure various formalities will have to be completed including the constitution of the electoral colleges and the composition of the polling stations.
Mobility
Employment contract

Lower kilometre allowance as of 1 April 2024

07 March 2024
As an employer you may award a kilometre allowance to your employees who use their own cars, motorcycles or mopeds for professional travel. As of 1 April 2024, a new amount will be applicable .
Social security

Change of age limits for target group reduction recent sustainable work experience (Flanders)

05 March 2024
Change of age limits for target group reduction recent sustainable work experience (Flanders), from 1/7/2024
Employment contract

French border workers: documents to be submitted by 31 March 2024

04 March 2024
Employers who have employed French border workers in Belgium must on-line submit or send specific documents relating to the income for 2023 to the scanning centre of the FPS Finance by 31 March 2024.

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