• 20 December 2023

    Attachments and assignments limits in 2024

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    The amounts (or income limits) for the calculation of the attachable or assignable portion of earnings for 2024 have been published in the Moniteur Belge
  • 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.
  • 14 December 2023

    Higher kilometre allowance as of 1 January 2024

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    As an employer you may award a flat-rate kilometre allowance to your employees who use their own cars, motorcycles or mopeds for professional travel.
  • 18 April 2024

    Infertility treatment or medically assisted procreation: new protection against dismissal!

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    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.
  • 03 January 2024

    A preview of 2024: what to expect as an employer?

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    2024 promises a wave of changes in the world of work.
  • 30 November 2023

    NSSO: Casual workers in horticultural and agricultural sectors: what’s new

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    Casual workers in horticultural and agricultural sectors are submitted to specific rules regarding their liability to the NSSO. Some of those rules have been modified for the period from 1st July 2023 to 31 December 2023.
  • 12 June 2023

    Renewal of collective labour agreements regarding the RCC/SWT (scheme of unemployment with corporate allowance)

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    To implement the agreement framework of 6 April 2023 concluded at central level within the Group of Ten, the National Labour Council approved 5 collective labour agreements regarding the schemes of unemployment with corporate allowance (hereafter RCC/SWT) that will come into effect on 1 July 2023.
  • 12 June 2023

    System of unemployment with corporate allowance: 2023

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    Each year the Belgian National Labour Council determines, in pursuance of the collective bargaining agreement No 17, whether the corporate allowances and the reference wage threshold for the RCC/SWT must be adjusted with a coefficient based on the evolution of the conventional wages.
  • 14 July 2023

    Political leave: changes for the employee-mayor

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    The possibility for employees holding the office of mayor to take political leave has been extended to new situations.
  • 17 May 2023

    Anti-discrimination legislation: protection against prejudicial actions extended

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    A 07.04.2023 law extends the system of protection against prejudicial actions in 'anti-discrimination' legislation.