• 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!
  • 15 January 2024

    Cleaning sector: compulsory attendance recording

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    The cleaning sector is required to record attendance at work. This registration must be carried out via the NSSO "Checkinandout@work" application.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 04 December 2023

    NSSO: Structural reduction from 1 Januari 2024

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    The employers of the public and private sectors are entitled to a structural reduction of their employer contributions to the social security for their workers subject to all social security sectors, as far as they satisfy some specific conditions.
  • 03 January 2024

    Flexi-jobs: new rules from 1 January 2024.

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    The Programme Law of 22.12.2023 introduced a number of changes to the flexi-job system.
  • 30 May 2023

    Annual leave: temporary unemployment due to collective closing of the company

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    In our previous infoflash on annual leave we said that the dates of leave in a company can be determined individually between the employer and every worker, or collectively (for all personnel members) in case of closing of the company.
  • 23 November 2023

    Workplace psychosocial hazards: confidential counsellor mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023

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    The designation of a confidential counsellor competent in the prevention of workplace psychosocial hazards will become mandatory in certain companies from 1 December 2023.
  • 03 July 2023

    As of today, EASYPAY GROUP, the largest family-owned HR solutions group in Belgium, is officially part of Partena Professional.

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    As of today, EASYPAY GROUP, the largest family-owned HR solutions group in Belgium, is officially part of Partena Professional, the well-known HR and payroll service provider.