177 results found

Employees who work on Sunday 9 June 2024 are entitled to be absent from work if they carry out certain electoral duties

On 17 May 2023, a first protocol agreement was signed by the social partners for the years 2023-2024.

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.

To work validly, each works council and each committee for prevention and protection at work must dispose of their (own) internal rules.

Currently, the protection against dismissal enjoyed by (candidate) employee representatives on the WC and/or the CPPW ceases as soon as they reach the age of 65.

Each year, the prevention adviser must draw up a report about the functioning of his Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work (ISPPW).

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.

The law governing the organisation of the next social elections was published in the Belgian Official Gazette.

This reduction in social security contributions applies to workers with low wages and enables them to benefit from higher net wages. The amounts are indexed as of 1 November 2023.

The 'work bonus' is a reduction of personal social security contributions paid by the worker. The amounts of this reduction were indexed on 1 May 2024.