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In December 2023, the social inspection services will carry out flash controls in the meat sector. These controls may occur throughout the month. As the announced controls are approaching, we give you some tips.

In principle, the first meeting of the works council and/or the committee for prevention and protection at work takes place on the days following the social elections.

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.

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

The law governing the organisation of the next social elections was published in the Belgian Official Gazette.

New requirements for exemption from payment of withholding tax for shift and night work from 1 April 2024

On 1 February 2024, the price of an SNCB railcard will increase by 5.9%. In addition, the bicycle allowance amounts will also change.

The tool of the purchasing power bonus continues to appeal to the imagination. There are already several sectors and employers that will award this bonus.

This reduction in social security contributions applies to workers with low wages and enables them to benefit from higher net wages. The amounts are indexed as of 1 November 2023.

From 1 August 2023, it will be possible to enter into a company collective bargaining agreement that provides for the payment of compensation in lieu of the provision and maintenance of work clothing. Previously, only an sector collective bargaining agreement could provide for this compensation.