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Social security

NSSO: structural reduction from 1 July 2024

04 July 2024
From 1 July 2024, the amounts of this quarterly reduction will change.
Employment contract

Flexi-jobs: opt-out in JC 320 and opt-in in JC 139 from 1 July 2024

02 July 2024
Flexi-jobs: opt-out in JC 320 and opt-in in JC 139 from 1 July 2024
Employment contract

Extension of the scope of the flexi-jobs as from 1st July 2024

28 June 2024
As from 01/07/2024, the flexi-jobs system will be extended to 2 sectors in the German-speaking Community: official education and members of staff in free education subsidised by the Community, and certain workers and employers in the sport and culture sector.
Social security

NSSO sport and culture vouchers

28 June 2024
Sport and culture vouchers are not subject to social security contributions if they meet certain conditions. A Royal Decree modifies some of those conditions and specifies the ones specific to electronic sport and culture vouchers.
Taxation
Salary Optimization
Mobility

Annual exemption ceiling for bicycle allowance: new amount!

27 June 2024
From 1 January 2024, an annual tax and social exemption ceiling of €2,500 has been introduced for the "home-work" cycling allowance. This ceiling has just been raised.
Mobility

Mobility survey: let's get started!

26 June 2024
Every three years, employers occupying an average of more than 100 employees are required to examine the status of mobility within their company. For employers in Brussels, this federal obligation is supplemented by a regional obligation. The survey begins on 30 June 2024.
Social security

Brussels-Capital Region: new premium

24 June 2024
The Government of the Brussels-Capital Region is introducing a new employment aid if you hire a person with a disability. This aid will be available from 1 July 2024, provided certain conditions are met.
Taxation

Small and micro-companies: adapting the size criteria

21 June 2024
For a company to be considered small certain thresholds must not be exceeded. These thresholds will be adjusted upwards for the financial years starting after 31 December 2023.
Employment contract
Termination employment contract

Student: how to terminate a contract?

20 June 2024
As the student employment contract is a fixed-term contract, it automatically ends on the end date indicated in the contract, with no notice required. However, it is possible to terminate the contract before the end of that date.
Employment contract

A student job during the holidays? What do you need to do?

20 June 2024
Every year, when summer holidays are approaching, the question of student employment conditions arises. As a reminder, since the 2022-2023 academic year, the end date of the school year differs between Flanders and the Walloon and Brussels regions
Taxation

Partial exemption from payment of withholding tax for shift work: “bis variant”

19 June 2024
The “shift work” exemption applies to shifts performing the same work. The government envisaged a more flexible bis variant
Absences

Annual leave: temporary unemployment due to collective closing of the company

19 June 2024
In the event of a collective closure of the company, some workers may not (or no longer) be entitled to paid leave or a sufficient number of days of leave to cover the entire period of collective closure. What about their remuneration for these days of closure?

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