• 07 May 2024

    Unemployment with company supplement: new amounts as of May 2024

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    The central index was exceeded in April 2024. As a result, certain social benefits will be indexed by 2% in May 2024. This has an impact on the company supplements paid in the context of unemployment schemes with company supplements (RCC/SWT).
  • 09 October 2023

    Collective closure in 2024:communicate the date before 1 January 2024!

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    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!
  • 03 April 2024

    Brussels-Capital Region: support measures for companies

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    The Brussels-Capital Region is changing and simplifying its support measures for companies. We take a look at two of them, but we invite you to visit the Brussels Economy and Employment website to discover the wide range of available support measures.
  • 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.
  • 12 June 2023

    System of unemployment with corporate allowance: 2023

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    Each year the Belgian National Labour Council determines, in pursuance of the collective bargaining agreement No 17, whether the corporate allowances and the reference wage threshold for the RCC/SWT must be adjusted with a coefficient based on the evolution of the conventional wages.
  • 30 May 2023

    Annual leave: temporary unemployment due to collective closing of the company

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    In our previous infoflash on annual leave we said that the dates of leave in a company can be determined individually between the employer and every worker, or collectively (for all personnel members) in case of closing of the company.
  • 15 January 2024

    Cleaning sector: compulsory attendance recording

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    The cleaning sector is required to record attendance at work. This registration must be carried out via the NSSO "Checkinandout@work" application.
  • 29 June 2023

    A draft sector agreement for JC 200

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    The sectoral partners of JC 200 (Auxiliary joint committee for non-manual workers) have concluded a protocol agreement for the period 2023-2024.
  • 06 November 2023

    Social elections 2024: what is meant by "management staff" and "executives”?

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    During the (pre-) electoral process, it will be necessary to determine the duties of the management staff and, where appropriate, the duties of the executives.
  • 04 December 2023

    NSSO: Structural reduction from 1 Januari 2024

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    The employers of the public and private sectors are entitled to a structural reduction of their employer contributions to the social security for their workers subject to all social security sectors, as far as they satisfy some specific conditions.