• 09 April 2024

    Do you invoke medical force majeure to terminate the contract? New obligations have come into force

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    From 1 April 2024 at the latest, if you invoke medical force majeure to terminate the contract, you must communicate certain data to the INAMI/RIZIV and pay a contribution of 1,800€ to the Return-to-Work Fund.
  • 03 January 2024

    Flexi-jobs: new rules from 1 January 2024.

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    The Programme Law of 22.12.2023 introduced a number of changes to the flexi-job system.
  • 21 September 2023

    Draft sector agreements for JC 118 and JC 220 (food industry)

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    The social partners of joint committee 118 and joint committee 220 (food industry) have concluded a draft sector agreement for the period 2023-2024. As a reminder, the RD of 13 May 2023 sets the wage standard at 0% for the period 2023 and 2024.
  • 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.
  • 23 October 2023

    2024 Social elections: what is meant by ‘company’?

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    Social elections will take place between 13 May and 26 May 2024 in all companies in the sense of a technical business unit, employing a minimum number of employees.
  • 13 December 2023

    NSSO: new condition for reduced working time

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    Employers who reduce their working time can benefit from a reduction in social security contributions. A new condition will be added for part-time workers.
  • 13 March 2024

    Right to disconnect 1 year already!

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    The right to disconnect must be guaranteed in certain companies from 1 April 2023. In concrete terms, if you employ at least 20 workers, you are required to provide for this right via a company collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or your employment regulations.
  • 10 July 2023

    Deferred payment of your social security contributions

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    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.
  • 13 May 2024

    2024 Social elections: appeal and first meeting of the WC/CPPW

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    In principle, the first meeting of the works council and/or the committee for prevention and protection at work takes place on the days following the social elections.
  • 09 April 2024

    NSSO: structural reduction from 1 April 2024

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    From 1 April 2024, the ceiling for the very low wage component has been adjusted to compensate for the increase in the GMWR on the same date.