Infoflash 10 July 2023 Exemption for research and development: notify Belspo of your ongoing R&D project or programme by 1 August 2023 Read more As of 1 August 2023, the FPS Finance will adopt a stricter position on when to notify Belspo of an R&D project or programme. From then on, you must notify Belspo before the project or programme start date. Check to see if you need to take action!
Infoflash 16 November 2023 Clauses of notice period for “higher” employees in service before 2014: no more doubt regarding their application Read more If, at the moment of the recruitment of your higher employees dating from before 1st January 2014, you had concluded a clause defining the duration of their notice period in case of dismissal, it is from now on the duration defined by this clause that will be applied.
Infoflash 23 November 2023 Workplace psychosocial hazards: confidential counsellor mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023 Read more The designation of a confidential counsellor competent in the prevention of workplace psychosocial hazards will become mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023.
Infoflash 12 June 2023 NSSO: extension of exemption from personal contributions for pensioners working in the care sector Read more Since 1 July 2022, pensioners working in the care sector have been entitled to an exemption of personal social security contributions for their performances in that sector.
Infoflash 20 July 2023 Discrimination: new forms and new criteria Read more A law amending the various anti-discrimination laws has just been published in the Belgian Official Gazette.
Infoflash 20 July 2023 The recovery hours are back Read more Following the 2023-2024 interprofessional agreement, recovery hours were reintroduced. From July 2023 to June 2025, it will again be possible to work 120 additional voluntary overtime hours, also known as ‘recovery hours’. In principle, these hours are exempt from a social and tax point of view.
Infoflash 31 October 2023 Relance hours”: the social and tax treatment is known Read more From 1 July 2023, it will again be possible to make your workers work 120 additional voluntary overtime hours, also known as "relance hours" - under an advantageous social and tax regime. We were still waiting for clarification on the social and tax treatment of these hours.
Infoflash 21 March 2024 Whistleblower: clarification regarding the calculation of the required number of employees Read more 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.
Infoflash 09 February 2024 Do not forget the annual report of the ISPPW Read more Each year, the prevention adviser must draw up a report about the functioning of his Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work (ISPPW).
Infoflash 10 July 2023 Deferred payment of your social security contributions Read more We announced this in our Infoflash of 6 December 2022: the government allows you to defer part of your employer social security contributions due for the 3rd and/or 4th quarter of 2023.