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Working conditions

Joint Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work: set up rules relaxed from 1 July 2024

17 June 2024
A group of employers can set up a joint Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work.
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Taxation
Social security

Increase of the office allowance on 1 June 2024

17 June 2024
Employees who work from home on a structural and regular basis for a substantial part of their working time, may receive a flat-rate office allowance from their employer to cover all their office expenses.
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Social security

Paid sportspersons: salary ceiling from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025

12 June 2024
Persons exceeding this ceiling are irrefutably deemed to be subject to social security.
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Social security

NSSO: increase of the mobility allowance

11 June 2024
The amount of the mobility allowance increases as from 1st July 2024.
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Employment contract

Exemption from employing young workers under a 'first job agreement' (FJA) in JC 126, 129 and 221

11 June 2024
When certain conditions are met employers are obliged to employ a given number of young workers aged under 26. Except if they are exempted from this obligation.
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Taxation
Salary Optimization

New amounts for domestic subsistence expenses as from 1 June 2024

10 June 2024
As an employer, you can reimburse the subsistence expenses made by employees on the occasion of business travels in Belgium. To determine the allowance, you may refer to the subsistence allowances allocated to federal government staff members. The amounts of the subsistence allowances changed on 1 June 2024.
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Employment contract

Flexi-jobs in joint committee No. 132: opt-out from 1 July 2024

07 June 2024
From 1 July 2024, the flexi-job system will no longer be authorized in joint committee No. 132. This exclusion, which would cover all companies in the sector, has yet to be ratified by a royal decree deliberated in the Council of Ministers.
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Social security

Brussels Capital Region: changes to the conditions of access to the reduction for older workers

07 June 2024
The Brussels government has decided to change the target group reduction of employer social security contributions for the employment of older workers from 1 July 2024.
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Social security

Brussels modifies its activation measures

07 June 2024
Those measures are called Activa Brussels Generic and Activa Brussels Reduced ability to work. Those two measures are adapted as from 1st July 2024.
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Social security

Interruption allowance applications soon online only!

06 June 2024
From 1 July 2024, in the private sector, all applications for Interruption allowances under time credit and thematic leave schemes must be submitted electronically to the NEO.
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Working conditions

Citizen Service: scheme in force since 31 May 2024

06 June 2024
Citizen Service is a scheme that gives individuals the opportunity to commit themselves to a project of public interest.
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Social security

Increase in the amount of the allowance in the context of a First traineeship

06 June 2024
Since 1 January 2017, the Brussels-Capital Region has introduced the 1st work experience traineeship, also known as "First traineeship". Among other things, the trainee receives a monthly allowance, which is paid by you. The allowance amounts to €500 since 1 July 2024.
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