• 20 July 2023

    The recovery hours are back

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    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.
  • 20 July 2023

    Discrimination: new forms and new criteria

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    A law amending the various anti-discrimination laws has just been published in the Belgian Official Gazette.
  • 14 September 2023

    One-off innovation premiums extended

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    A special rule was introduced for one-off innovation premiums aimed at stimulating the capacity for innovation of companies engaged in research and development.
  • 06 November 2023

    Flemish training leave: some changes since 1 September 2023

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    In the Flemish Region, certain aspects of the Flemish training leave system (Vlaams opleidingsverlof) have been adjusted to optimise the operational process.
  • 07 May 2024

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

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    The “shift work” exemption applies to shifts performing the same work. The government envisaged a more flexible bis variant.
  • 26 April 2024

    Social elections 2024: vote, closing of the minutes, posting

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    Op de dag van de verkiezingen (dag Y) vinden meerdere verrichtingen plaats en vanaf dag Y + 1 moeten verschillende formaliteiten vervuld worden.
  • 30 January 2024

    Time to prepare for the social balance sheet 2023!

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    A lot of companies will have to forward their social balance sheet to the National Bank of Belgium after the close of the financial year.
  • 15 June 2023

    Student: how to terminate a contract?

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    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 the term.
  • 08 December 2023

    2024 Social elections: what formalities must be observed between day X - 35 and day X?

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    The formalities which need to be accomplished between day X - 35 and day X can be summarized as follows.
  • 19 January 2024

    Flexi-jobs: basic wage and flexi-wage from 1 January 2024

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    The reform of the flexi-jobs system concerns among other things the amount of the basic wage and the flexi-wage.