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Oprichting Littler Belgium: een nieuw hoofdstuk in arbeidsrecht

Op 1 mei 2025 werd Littler Belgium opgericht, een onafhankelijk Belgisch advocatenkantoor gespecialiseerd in arbeidsrecht en HR-gerelateerde juridische vraagstukken.

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AVOCATS.BE vous donne rendez-vous les mardi 19 et mercredi 20 août 2025 au Château-ferme de Courrière pour deux journées de formation autour de thématiques actuelles, animées par d…

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Promotions at Clifford Chance Brussels

Clifford Chance announces the promotion of 31 partners to the global partnership, and four new Senior Counsel and forty new Counsel appointments across our European offices, 8 of w…

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Coalition Agreement: Royal Decree definitively abolishes SWT…

On September 15, 2025, the royal decree (RD) abolishing the regime of unemp…

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Budget Mobilité en Belgique - Nouveautés 2026

Le budget mobilité permet aux travailleurs qui disposent ou peuvent prétend…

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The new uniform approach to dealing with violations of the Social Penal Code

The codification implemented by the Social Penal Code aims to clarify the procedures and penalties available to deal with violations of social legisla…

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The administrative and criminal penalties relating the wage rate

Besides the many questions with regard to the interpretation of the various legislative acts and the note of 1997 which remain unanswered, the questio…

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The prohibition and penalties on the posting of workers

The penalties for the violation of the prohibition of the posting of workers are integrated into the structure of the Social Penal Code. This Code pen…

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CBA's and the new Social Penal Code

Article 189 of the new Social Penal Code states that the violation of a generally binding collective bargaining agreement will be penalized with a lev…

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Social Penal Code and security at work : changes as regards penalties!

The Social Penal Code modifies the sanctions in the event of infringement of certain provisions related to safety at work. It provides for a prison se…

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The social and labour penal laws finally harmonized

The Social Penal Code aims to codify social penal law and ensure uniformity in the range of sanctions. In addition to this codification and uniformity…

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The benefit in kind of iPads and iPhones

The National Office for Social Security accepts the lump sum valuation of the benefit in kind of an iPad at 180 EUR and an iPhone at 150 EUR per year.…

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CAN A PROTECTED EMPLOYEE VALIDLY WAIVE THE PROTECTION INDEMNITY?

In these Headlines, we examine a recent judgment of the Belgian Supreme Court concerning the protection of (candidate) employee representatives . On 1…

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Social elections in 2012: start preparations in due time in order to avoid surprises!

In the course of the month of May next year social elections will again be organized for the election of the representatives of the personnel at the w…

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WHICH PROTECTION AGAINST DISMISSAL APPLIES TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE SOCIAL ELECTIONS?

In our Headlines of 24 May 2011 we already informed you about the preparations of the social elections of 2012. The social elections and especially th…

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Loi d’exécution de l’AIP: un premier rapprochement entre le statut des ouvriers et des employés

Le fait que de nouvelles règles de licenciement aient été instaurées ne signifie pas qu'on ait fait totalement table rase du passé. Au contraire, beau…

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SOCIAL ELECTIONS IN 2012 – WHAT CAN YOU ALREADY DO?

Next year, social elections will be organized again. If your company has to organize social elections, it is recommended to already plan the preparati…

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Act implementing the IPA: a first approximation between the status of manual and white-collar workers

The fact there are new dismissal rules does not mean there has been a clean sweep of the system. On the contrary, much remains as it was. For instance…

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Les nouveaux délais de préavis applicables à partir du 1er janvier 2012

Comme nous vous l'avons précédemment annoncé, la loi du 12 avril 2011 modifiant la loi du 1er février 2011 portant la prolongation de mesures de crise…

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Employment of Interns

With the summer holidays approaching, many companies are currently looking for students or new graduates interested in a summer internship. Even outsi…

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Concept of annual holidays in the general terms and conditions (GTC)

Execution of work – annual holidays – Interruption

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New regulations in force concerning the organization of working time of doctors, dentists and veterinary surge…

Adopted unanimously, the Law of 12 December 2010 entitled "Fixing the working times of doctors, dentists, veterinary surgeons, doctor trainees, dentis…

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Interne meerwaarden op aandelen: een stand van zaken

Enkele jaren geleden opende de fiscus de jacht op de zgn. 'interne meerwaarden' op aandelen (meerwaarden gerealiseerd door inbreng of verkoop van aand…

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Fiscale behandeling van vastgoedconstructies

Vastgoedconstructies met vruchtgebruik, erfpacht en opstal blijven ondanks alle controverse populair. De vraag naar de fiscale behandeling van dergeli…

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BePost in the Competition Council’s sights

The College of Competition Prosecutors of the Belgian Competition Council filed on 7 April 2011 its report concluding that bpost abuses its dominant p…

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