• 09 October 2023

    Collective closure in 2024:communicate the date before 1 January 2024!

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    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!
  • 05 September 2023

    Pendelfonds : New call for projects

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    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.
  • 29 August 2023

    Work resumption bonus of €1,000 for employers hiring a disabled employee

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    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.
  • 11 August 2023

    Don't delay in hiring your 4th, 5th or 6th employee

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    As of 1 January 2024, the target group reduction for first hirings will change dramatically.
  • 20 July 2023

    The recovery hours are back

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    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.
  • 20 July 2023

    Discrimination: new forms and new criteria

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    A law amending the various anti-discrimination laws has just been published in the Belgian Official Gazette.
  • 20 July 2023

    Sick during the holidays? From 2024, employees can carry over their leave days

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    A draft law adopted by the House on 13 July aims to allow employees who fall ill during their holidays to benefit from guaranteed pay and to carry over their days of leave to the end of their incapacity or at a later date.
  • 18 July 2023

    Announced flash controls in the cleaning sector (August 2023)

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    During the month of August 2023, the social inspection services will carry out national flash controls in the cleaning sector (JC 121).
  • 14 July 2023

    Work clothing: new possibilities

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    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.
  • 23 June 2023

    New kilometric allowance as of 1 July 2023

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    An employer may award a flat-rate kilometric allowance to staff members who use their own cars, motorcycles or mopeds for professional travel. As of 1 July 2023, a new amount will be applicable.