• 20 July 2023

    The recovery hours are back

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    Following the 2023-2024 interprofessional agreement, recovery hours were reintroduced. From July 2023 to June 2025, it will again be possible to work 120 additional voluntary overtime hours, also known as ‘recovery hours’. In principle, these hours are exempt from a social and tax point of view.
  • 22 December 2023

    Leerjobs in Flanders and Brussels from 2024: something of interest to your company ?

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    The “leerjob” (learning job) is a new and for the time being temporary form of workplace learning in Flanders and Brussels that will take effect from 1 January 2024.
  • 03 May 2024

    Limitation of the scope of flexi-jobs from 1 April 2024

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    On 1 April 2024, four sectors in which the flexi-job system had recently been authorized (on 1 January 2024) either fully or partially “exit” the system. Meanwhile, other employers will re-enter the system.
  • 05 November 2018

    Income optimization

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    Have you set up a company? Then your operating profit is liable to corporation tax, and your salary as the person running the business or a manager is liable to income tax. Optimizing your pay means in the first instance that you will pay less in tax and social security contributions - a statutory right but which, nevertheless, is subject to certain restrictions.
  • 04 October 2023

    Public holidays in 2024: set the dates for the replacement days before 15 December 2023

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    When a statutory public holiday falls on a Sunday or a day on which the company does not usually work, it must be replaced by a day on which the company usually works.
  • 29 July 2019

    Social Elections 2020: get ready now

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    Does your company employ at least 50 full-time equivalents? Then the upcoming social elections of May 2020 need your attention: you must now prepare the first deadlines for the establishment or renewal of your company's consultative bodies.
  • 22 April 2024

    CBA 19/11 - Better public transport reimbursement from June

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    Good news for some commuters: the contribution to their public transport season ticket will increase from 1 June! However, they will have to get the right fare formula, and as we will see, that is not so easy.
  • 05 November 2018

    Your commuter contribution

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    It isn't always compulsory for you to cover the costs of your employees' commute, but it is an interesting alternative form of remuneration. Does your employee come to work in his or her own car? Then you are not required to cover the cost of the journey!
  • 02 April 2024

    Guaranteed Minimum Income: amounts as of 1 April 2024

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    The amount of the Guaranteed Average Monthly Minimum Income (GAMMI) increases as of 1 April 2024, in accordance with the social agreement reached on 25 June 2021.
  • 13 November 2018

    100 "voluntary & negotiated" overtime hours

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    Each year a worker can voluntarily work 100 overtime hours. (A sectoral collective bargaining agreement may increase this limit to 360 hours). Both the employer and the worker must agree, but the worker is supposed to take the initiative. A. When and how these overtime hours can be worked?