• 21 March 2024

    Switch to summer time: how should shift workers be paid?

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    On Sunday 31 March 2024, we will switch to summer time, which means setting our clocks forward one hour. This switch to summer time can pose difficulties for calculating the remuneration of certain categories of workers.
  • 02 August 2023

    Ill during leave? From 2024 onwards, leave can be carried forward - The law has been published!

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    As we announced in our infoflash of 10 July 2023 , the legislation had to be adapted to allow workers who fall ill during their leave to benefit from the guaranteed salary and carry forward their days of leave to a later point in the vacation year.
  • 05 March 2024

    Change of age limits for target group reduction recent sustainable work experience (Flanders)

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    Change of age limits for target group reduction recent sustainable work experience (Flanders), from 1/7/2024
  • 30 November 2023

    Possibility of carrying over leave days - Now it is official!

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    From 1 January 2024, employees who become ill during their leave or who are unable to take their leave for a specific reason will be able to carry over their leave to a later date.
  • 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
  • 06 May 2024

    The work bonus as from 1 May 2024

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    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.
  • 18 October 2023

    Exemption of withholding tax for young workers (2023)

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    The wages of certain young workers are exempted from withholding tax in the fourth quarter of 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.
  • 16 October 2023

    Notice periods of resigning workers employed before 2014: changes from 28 October!

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    The law providing for new notice periods in case of resignation will enter into force on 28 October 2023. It stipulates that the notice period in case of resignation may never exceed 13 weeks for all workers.
  • 19 December 2023

    (Candidate) employee representatives: protected until legal pension age

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    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.