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 18 April 2024 Infertility treatment or medically assisted procreation: new protection against dismissal! Read more An act providing new protection against dismissal has just been published in the Belgian Official Gazette. From 28 April 2024, you may not dismiss your employee if they inform you that they are undergoing infertility treatment or medically assisted procreation.
Blog News 05 November 2018 Employee travel expenses Read more Compensating for your employees' travel expenses Do your employees make use of public transport to get to and from work? Then you are legally obligated to compensate them for their travel expenses.
Infoflash 04 March 2024 French border workers: documents to be submitted by 31 March 2024 Read more Employers who have employed French border workers in Belgium must on-line submit or send specific documents relating to the income for 2023 to the scanning centre of the FPS Finance by 31 March 2024.
Infoflash 13 November 2018 100 " voluntary & negotiated" overtime hours Read more Each year a worker can voluntarily work 100 overtime hours. (A sectoral collective bargaining agreement may increase this limit to 360 hours). Both the employer and the worker must agree, but the worker is supposed to take the initiative. A. When and how these overtime hours can be worked?
Blog 06 November 2018 Employment contract Read more Entering into an employment contract Every time you take on a new team member, you are legally required to enter into an employment contract with them. Partena Professional is happy to explain the how and why.
Infoflash 29 December 2023 Personal mobile phone number: employee's right to have it returned at the end of the employment contract Read more If an employee has given you the right to use their mobile phone number under the terms of their employment contract, from 1 January 2024 they can ask it back.
Infoflash 24 November 2023 Extension of the aid areas in the Flemish Region Read more The application period for the Flemish aid areas is extended by 2 years. Companies in aid areas around Genk and Turnhout can apply for tax aid until 31 October 2024, while companies in the aid area around Zaventem-Vilvoorde have this option until 31 May 2028.
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 04 October 2023 Public holidays in 2024: set the dates for the replacement days before 15 December 2023 Read more When a statutory public holiday falls on a Sunday or a day on which the company does not usually work, it must be replaced by a day on which the company usually works.