• 05 July 2023

    Sector agreement for JC 207 and JC 116 (chemical industry)

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    The social partners of JC 207 and JC 116 (chemical industry) concluded a sector agreement on 29 June 2023 for the period 2023-2024. As a reminder, the RD of 13 May 2023 sets the wage standard at 0% for the period 2023 and 2024.
  • 06 February 2019

    Payroll administration as it should be

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    Managing personnel requires a professional. Partena Professional provides the social-legal and tax expertise you need, combined with powerful but user-friendly payroll software.
  • 06 November 2018

    Cessation

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    Actions and procedures when you close down your business
  • 05 November 2018

    Employee travel expenses

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    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.  
  • 02 October 2023

    Purchasing power bonus mandatory in your sector?

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    What is a purchasing power bonus? Below you will find all the information you need and you will be able to find out whether you are obliged to award this bonus.
  • 13 November 2018

    100 "voluntary & negotiated" overtime hours

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    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?
  • 05 November 2018

    Career end

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    Is one of your employees nearing the end of their career and seeking to reduce their workload in the run-up to their retirement? That's a viable option with the special 'end-of-career time credit’ system.
  • 13 February 2024

    New requirement for exemption from payment of withholding tax for shift and night work from 1 April 2024

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    New requirements for exemption from payment of withholding tax for shift and night work from 1 April 2024
  • 12 December 2023

    Extension final payment date purchasing power bonus until 31 March 2024

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    The final payment date of the purchasing power bonus is extended by 3 months until 31 March 2024.
  • 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.