Infoflash 06 December 2023 New tax support measure for occasional work in the fruit and vegetable growing sector Read more Employers active in the fruit or vegetable growing sector can benefit from a new tax support measure.
Infoflash 24 November 2023 Temporary unemployment: additional supplement at the employer’s expense from 1 January 2024 Read more 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.
Infoflash 23 November 2023 Workplace psychosocial hazards: confidential counsellor mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023 Read more The designation of a confidential counsellor competent in the prevention of workplace psychosocial hazards will become mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023.
Infoflash 19 October 2023 Change to winter time: how should shift workers be paid? Read more 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.
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.
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 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.