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Employment contract
Taxation
Salary Optimization

Government agreement: what does it plan for students?

14 February 2025
Le nouveau gouvernement souhaite encourager le travail étudiant. Pour atteindre cet objectif, l’accord prévoit divers changements, notamment une augmentation du contingent étudiant.
Working conditions

Government agreement: what does it plan concerning employment contracts?

12 February 2025
The 2025-2029 federal coalition agreement provides for various measures concerning employment contracts. These relate in particular to the probation period and the termination of the employment contract.
Employment contract

Flexi-job in JC 331: there is a limit

11 February 2025
The method for calculating the 20% limit is known.
Employment contract
Salary Optimization

Flexi-jobs: indexation of the flexi-wage and flexi-holiday pay in JC 302 (hospitality sector) from 1 February 2025

11 February 2025
Due to an index overrun in January, from 1 February 2025, the minimum amount of the hourly flexi-wage is €11.64 and the minimum amount of the flexi-holiday pay is €0.89 per hour (i.e. a total of €12.53 per hour).
Absences
Termination employment contract

Government agreement: what will be the fate of employees at the end of their career?

10 February 2025
The government wants to keep employees at work longer. In order to achieve this goal, the agreement plans to put an end to the scheme of unemployment with company supplement (RCC/SWT). Changes have also been made to the scheme of end-of-career time credit.
Employment contract

Change in the scope of flexi-jobs from 1 January 2025

10 February 2025
As of 1 January 2025, employers under JC No. 132 are excluded from the flexi-job system, while employers under JC No. 143 are partially included.
Working conditions

Government agreement: what working time will apply?

10 February 2025
On 31 January 2025, the new federal government has been formed. The government announces in its statement that it will make working time more flexible and allow employees to work more. Let's focus on a few points of this note.
Taxation
Salary Optimization

Loan at a reduced rate of interest or interest-free loan: rates of interests 2024

07 February 2025
As an employer, you can allocate a loan to your employees on favourable terms (interest-free or at a reduced rate of interest ). This constitutes a taxable benefit calculated on the basis of a reference rate of interest. The reference rates of interest for income year 2024 have been published.
Salary Optimization

Unemployment with company supplement: new amounts as of February 2025

06 February 2025
The central index was exceeded in January 2025. As a result, certain social benefits will be indexed by 2% in February 2025. This has an impact on the company supplements paid in the context of unemployment schemes with company supplements (RCC/SWT).
Social security

The work bonus as from 1 February 2025

06 February 2025
The 'work bonus' is a reduction of personal social security contributions paid by the worker. The amounts of this reduction were indexed on 1 February 2025.
Absences
Salary Optimization

Prevent absenteeism in your company thanks to the new measures included in the government agreement

05 February 2025
Prevent absenteeism in your company and encourage the reintegration of employees thanks to the new measures included in the government agreement
Salary Optimization

Allowances for night work: February 2025

04 February 2025
The threshold index for the public sector and the social benefits has been exceeded in January 2025. Consequently, several allowances, such as the allowances for night work, have been indexed with 2% in February 2025.

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