Infoflash 09 October 2023 Collective closure in 2024:communicate the date before 1 January 2024! Read more Leave dates within a company can be set either individually by means of an agreement between the employer and each employee or collectively in case of a closure of the company. In this case, the collective closure period must be communicated to your employees by 31 December 2023 at the latest!
Infoflash 05 September 2023 Pendelfonds : New call for projects Read more In Flanders, the commuting fund (Pendelfonds) regularly launches calls for projects to subsidise more sustainable mobility. From 18 September until 18 October 2023, companies can submit a project to obtain a subsidy of up to 200,000 € per company.
Infoflash 29 August 2023 Work resumption bonus of €1,000 for employers hiring a disabled employee Read more To encourage workers on long-term disability to return to work, the health insurance fund pays a €1,000 bonus to employers who employ a worker for at least 3 months in an activity authorised by the health insurance fund.
Legal 11 August 2023 Don't delay in hiring your 4th, 5th or 6th employee Read more As of 1 January 2024, the target group reduction for first hirings will change dramatically.
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 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 Sick during the holidays? From 2024, employees can carry over their leave days Read more A draft law adopted by the House on 13 July aims to allow employees who fall ill during their holidays to benefit from guaranteed pay and to carry over their days of leave to the end of their incapacity or at a later date.
Infoflash 18 July 2023 Announced flash controls in the cleaning sector (August 2023) Read more During the month of August 2023, the social inspection services will carry out national flash controls in the cleaning sector (JC 121).
Infoflash 14 July 2023 Work clothing: new possibilities Read more From 1 August 2023, it will be possible to enter into a company collective bargaining agreement that provides for the payment of compensation in lieu of the provision and maintenance of work clothing. Previously, only an sector collective bargaining agreement could provide for this compensation.
Infoflash 30 June 2023 International NSSO: Belgium signs European framework agreement Read more A new European framework agreement has been concluded to facilitate cross-border telework. Belgium has signed this agreement. It will therefore apply from 1 July 2023.