Infoflash 07 March 2024 Lower kilometre allowance as of 1 April 2024 Read more As an employer you may award a kilometre allowance to your employees who use their own cars, motorcycles or mopeds for professional travel. As of 1 April 2024, a new amount will be applicable .
Infoflash 16 November 2023 Clauses of notice period for “higher” employees in service before 2014: no more doubt regarding their application Read more If, at the moment of the recruitment of your higher employees dating from before 1st January 2014, you had concluded a clause defining the duration of their notice period in case of dismissal, it is from now on the duration defined by this clause that will be applied.
Infoflash 20 December 2023 Attached or assigned wages: Children’s permitted earnings – 2024 Read more The amounts that can be earned by children whose parents’ wages are subject to attachment or assignment have been published in the Belgian Official Gazette.
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.
Infoflash 16 October 2023 Notice periods of resigning workers employed before 2014: changes from 28 October! Read more The law providing for new notice periods in case of resignation will enter into force on 28 October 2023. It stipulates that the notice period in case of resignation may never exceed 13 weeks for all workers.
Infoflash 16 February 2024 2024 holiday pay provision Read more The provisioning amounts for the 2024 holiday pay which have been recorded in the balance sheets on 31 December 2023 and which can be accepted as professional expenses are definitively known.
Infoflash 10 July 2023 Exemption for research and development: notify Belspo of your ongoing R&D project or programme by 1 August 2023 Read more As of 1 August 2023, the FPS Finance will adopt a stricter position on when to notify Belspo of an R&D project or programme. From then on, you must notify Belspo before the project or programme start date. Check to see if you need to take action!
Infoflash 18 October 2023 Exemption of withholding tax for young workers (2023) Read more The wages of certain young workers are exempted from withholding tax in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Infoflash 23 August 2023 Extension of the increased number of tax-friendly overtime hours Read more The temporary increase in the limit of 130 to 180 tax-friendly overtime hours expired on 30 June 2023. It has been decided to extend this measure for all sectors up to and including 30 June 2025.
Infoflash 02 November 2023 Allowances for night work: November 2023 Read more The threshold index for the public sector and the social benefits has been exceeded in October 2023. Consequently, several allowances, such as the allowances for night work, have been indexed with 2% in November 2023.