• 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.
  • 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.
  • 09 November 2023

    2024 Social elections: what formalities need to be accomplished between day X - 60 and day X - 35?

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    Certain formalities need to be accomplished during the (pre-)electoral process.
  • 04 March 2024

    Social elections 2024: list of candidates

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    During the electoral procedure, several formalities will have to be fulfilled including the posting of the lists of candidates.
  • 30 January 2024

    Additional supplement in the event of temporary unemployment: clarification

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    Since 1 January 2024, temporarily unemployed employees are entitled to an additional supplement.
  • 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.
  • 03 April 2024

    Social elections 2024: exemption from holding elections?

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    In certain cases, the electoral procedure has to be terminated earlier.
  • 30 November 2023

    NSSO: Casual workers in horticultural and agricultural sectors: what’s new

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    Casual workers in horticultural and agricultural sectors are submitted to specific rules regarding their liability to the NSSO. Some of those rules have been modified for the period from 1st July 2023 to 31 December 2023.
  • 30 May 2024

    Social elections 2024: who is protected against dismissal?

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    The staff representatives that are members of the Works Council and/or the Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work, as well as the non-elected candidates, shall be protected against dismissal during a specific period.
  • 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.