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On Friday 28 April, the government (largely) approved the social partners' agreement concluded on 15 March. The main points of the agreement, such as the provisions on overtime hours, end-of-career jobs and RCC/SWT (system of unemployment with company supplement) have been retained.

The central index was exceeded in October 2023. As a result, certain social benefits will be indexed by 2% in November 2023. This has an impact on the company supplements paid in the context of unemployment schemes with company supplements (RCC/SWT).

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.

Certain formalities need to be accomplished during the (pre-)electoral process.

A company that is not subject to VAT and that wants to make use of the system of economic unemployment for its non-manual workers can now rely on any accounting document or justification to prove that it is in difficulty.

The compensation for holiday pay for non-manual workers who were temporarily unemployed due to force majeure crisis in the first half of 2022 will soon be calculated by the NSSO and will be deducted from the contributions of the 3rd quarter 2023.

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

As announced in a previous infoflash, employers who employ an employee with a recognized work restriction will be able to take advantage of the individual customisation starting 1 July 2023.

As expected, the wage standard for 2023-2024 was officially set at 0.0% by the Royal Decree of 13 May 2023. This standard determines how much the average wage cost per employee may increase for a maximum of two years.

There is still a difference in the amounts that men and women are paid in Belgium.  The figures speak for themselves.