• 19 October 2023

    Change to winter time: how should shift workers be paid?

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    On Sunday, October 29, 2023, we will switch to winter time, which means that we must set our clocks back an hour (at 3 a.m. it will actually be 2 a.m.). This change to winter time can pose difficulties for calculating the remuneration of certain categories of workers.
  • 26 December 2018

    Newsletters

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    Unfortunately, our newsletters are not available in English. We only offer newsletters in Dutch and French for the time being.
  • 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.
  • 10 July 2023

    Exemption for research and development: notify Belspo of your ongoing R&D project or programme by 1 August 2023

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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!
  • 09 October 2023

    Kilometric allowance: quarterly or annual indexation?

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    The kilometric allowance granted to federal civil servants is now indexed on a quarterly basis. Is this also the case for all kilometric allowances paid to workers for business travel? That's what we're going to find out.
  • 11 December 2023

    New amounts for domestic subsistence expenses as from 1 December 2023

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    As an employer, you can reimburse the subsistence expenses made by employees on the occasion of business travels in Belgium.
  • 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.
  • 27 October 2023

    Settlement of single leaver holiday pay: new calculation method from 1 January 2024

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    On 1 January 2024 , the rules currently in force for the settlement of the single leaver holiday pay of non-manual workers and of the holiday pay when switching from manual worker to non-manual worker status will be fundamentally changed
  • 24 November 2023

    Temporary unemployment: additional supplement at the employer’s expense from 1 January 2024

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    If you make an employee temporarily unemployed, you will have to pay him/her, from 1 January 2024, in addition to the existing supplement(s), an amount of EUR 5 per day of unemployment, unless a subsistence security fund takes care of that payment.
  • 07 March 2024

    Lower kilometre allowance as of 1 April 2024

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    As an employer you may award a kilometre allowance to your employees who use their own cars, motorcycles or mopeds for professional travel. As of 1 April 2024, a new amount will be applicable .