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Employment contract

Wage thresholds with regard to employment contracts for 2025

05 December 2024
On 1 January 2025, the annual wage thresholds for the application of certain provisions of the Employment Contract Act of 3.7.1978 will be subject to adaptation following the annual indexation.
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Absences
Employment contract
Termination employment contract
Social security

Final settlement for the settlement of holiday certificates of new non-manual workers approaching

03 December 2024
Since the beginning of this year, a new settlement method of the single leaver holiday pay of new non-manual workers has been in place. In December 2024, many employers will apply the second step in this settlement for the first time. Read more below.
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Employment contract

Student quota 2025: where do we stand?

20 November 2024
The year 2025 is fast approaching, and with it the question of the student quota. Students could temporarily work up to 600 hours a year in 2023 and 2024 in the framework of a student contract. Has the 600 hours limit been extended?
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Employment contract

Sex work: clarification regarding employer certification

19 November 2024
A law of 3d May 2024 stipulates the conditions for the employment of sex workers in the framework of an employment contract.
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Employment contract

Extra-contractual liability of employees: modification as from 1st January 2025

12 November 2024
An Act of 7 February 2024 amends certain rules on extra-contractual civil liability.
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Absences
Employment contract
Social security

First carry-over of statutory leave days end of December: what employers need to know

14 October 2024
At the end of 2024, the new rules on the carry-over of statutory leave days for up to 2 years will be applied for the first time. Below, we briefly list what employers need to know about this.
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Employment contract

Sex work: new legislation from 1st December 2024

09 October 2024
A law of 3 May 2024 stipulates the conditions for the employment of sex workers in the framework of an employment contract. Those new provisions have come into force on 1st December 2024.
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Employment contract

Exemption from advance payment of withholding tax for shift work: clarity on customer-user agreement

08 October 2024
Since 1 October 2022, temporary employment agencies may only apply the exemptions for shift or night work, continuous work, system navigation and shift work in construction works to the wages of temporary agency workers if the customer-user has explicitly agreed to this.
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Employment contract
Taxation
Internationalisation
Salary Optimization
Mobility
Training
Social security

Key highlights from the Flemish Coalition Agreement

30 September 2024
The Flemish Coalition Agreement 2024-2029 was published this morning. We picked out a few important points for you as an employer and entrepreneur.
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Employment contract
Working conditions

Exemption from employing young people under a "Convention de Premier Emploi" (CPE) in JC 120, 214, 140.03, 118 and 220

20 September 2024
Subject to certain conditions, employers are obliged to employ a certain number of workers younger than 26, unless an exemption applies.
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Employment contract

Training plan for employees: details regarding its submission

06 September 2024
The Labour Deal provides the obligation to send the training plan for employees to the official bodies.
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Employment contract
Working conditions

Flash controls in the Green sectors in September 2024!

14 August 2024
During the month of September 2024, the social inspection services will carry out flash controls in the Green sectors (JC 132, 144 and 145). Here's how you can best prepare for these announced controls and how you can avoid unpleasant surprises.
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