• 01 December 2023

    Obligations of sick workers during their holidays: include them in your employment regulations

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    As from 1 January 2024, new obligations will apply to workers whose incapacity for work occurs during a holiday period in order to be able to benefit from guaranteed pay and the option of carrying over their holidays.
  • 24 November 2023

    Economic unemployment for non-manual workers: relaxation for companies not subject to VAT

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    A company that is not subject to VAT and that wants to make use of the system of economic unemployment for its non-manual workers can now rely on any accounting document or justification to prove that it is in difficulty.
  • 24 November 2023

    Temporary unemployment: additional supplement at the employer’s expense from 1 January 2024

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    If you make an employee temporarily unemployed, you will have to pay him/her, from 1 January 2024, in addition to the existing supplement(s), an amount of EUR 5 per day of unemployment, unless a subsistence security fund takes care of that payment.
  • 23 November 2023

    Workplace psychosocial hazards: confidential counsellor mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023

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    The designation of a confidential counsellor competent in the prevention of workplace psychosocial hazards will become mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023.
  • 16 November 2023

    Flash controls announced in the meat sector (December 2023)

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    In December 2023, the social inspection services will carry out flash controls in the meat sector. These controls may occur throughout the month. As the announced controls are approaching, we give you some tips.
  • 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.
  • 19 October 2023

    Change to winter time: how should shift workers be paid?

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    On Sunday, October 29, 2023, we will switch to winter time, which means that we must set our clocks back an hour (at 3 a.m. it will actually be 2 a.m.). This change to winter time can pose difficulties for calculating the remuneration of certain categories of workers.
  • 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!
  • 05 September 2023

    Pendelfonds : New call for projects

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    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.
  • 29 August 2023

    Work resumption bonus of €1,000 for employers hiring a disabled employee

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    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.