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As of 1 August 2023, the FPS Finance will adopt a stricter position on when to notify Belspo of an R&D project or programme. From then on, you must notify Belspo before the project or programme start date. Check to see if you need to take action!

Further to their announcement in 2021, we have been expecting the formulas to calculate the mobility budget. A Royal Decree now determines the two formulas – real or fixed rate. These methods will be enforced on 1 January 2024. Here’s a quick tour of these two calculation methods.

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.

The shift work exemption applies if the same work, both in terms of content and scope, is performed in shifts. The Government is currently working on updating the measure.

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.

From 1 July 2023, it will again be possible to make your workers work 120 additional voluntary overtime hours, also known as "relance hours" - under an advantageous social and tax regime. We were still waiting for clarification on the social and tax treatment of these hours.

During the electoral procedure various formalities will have to be completed including the constitution of the electoral colleges and the composition of the polling stations.

Since 1 January 2024, temporarily unemployed employees are entitled to an additional supplement.

Certain formalities have to be completed during the (pre-)election procedure. Below we give a brief overview of the formalities to be completed on day X.

The formalities which need to be accomplished between day X - 35 and day X can be summarized as follows.