Newsletter: New measures for (long-term) sick workers
Absence due to long-term illness has a high price tag for the employer, social security, for society, but also for the sick worker himself. Consequently, this topic leaves no one unmoved and has led to an influx of new measures in autumn 2022.
Newsflash – Amendment of the Gender Act and introduction of a new protected criterion “family responsibilities”
The Law of 15 November 2022 amending the Law of 10 May 2007 (the “Gender Act”) to combat discrimination between women and men now replaces the protected criterion of “gender” with 11 protected criteria: gender, pregnancy, medically assisted reproduction, childbirth, breastfeeding, maternity, family responsibilities, gender identity, gender expression, gender characteristics and gender reassignment. The Gender …
Responsibility of employers and employees in case of incapacity for work
Within the framework of the current policy aimed at the professional reintegration of employees who are unable to work, various measures have been adopted in order to financially sanction, on the one hand, employees who do not actively collaborate in their return to work and, on the other hand, employers who have too many workers …
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Should employers reimburse monitor employees’ glasses?
On 22 December 2022, the European Court of Justice ruled on whether an employer must cover the cost of corrective glasses for a display screen employee with vision problems. This preliminary ruling, brought before the Court by a Romanian judge, was answered affirmatively. What does this imply for the Belgian employer?
Newsflash – Modification of the right to interruption allowances within the framework of time credit, thematic leave or career breaks
A Royal Decree of 26 January 2023 has modified certain rules relating to interruption allowances that are granted in the context of time credit, thematic leave or career break schemes. The new rules came into force, for the most part, on 1 February 2023 and apply to applications submitted to the employer as of that …
Newsflash – Some legislative changes regarding collective bargaining agreements and the procedure for the non-recurrent result-related bonus
On Friday, 27 January 2023, the Law of 26 December 2022 amending various provisions on collective labour relations was published in the Belgian State Gazette. It concerns some amendments to the collective bargaining law and to the legislation on the non-recurrent result-related bonus. We list them here for you.
Newsflash – Communication around an employee’s departure
In a decision of 17 February 2023, the Litigation Chamber of the Data Protection Authority (DPA) confirmed its earlier position that an employer is allowed to inform employees of an employee’s departure. However, the employer must limit itself to what is strictly necessary. In this case, the employer had also notified who the initiating party …
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Elias Neocleous & Co LLC accredited with ISO 45001:2018 certification in Occupational Health and Safety
We are extremely proud to announce that, following an audit by Bureau Veritas, our firm has added certification with ISO 45001:2018 to its list of accomplishments.
Newsflash – Geolocalisation system in employees’ vehicles
In a decision of 21 February 2023, the Disputes Chamber of the Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) assessed the legality of a geolocalisation system (also known as a “track & trace system”). The decision followed a complaint filed by an employee of a municipality after it appeared that a geolocalisation system had been installed in his …
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Pavel, Mărgărit and Associates provides legal assistance to an important investor in an energy project of photovoltaic parks in Romania
The Romanian Law Firm Pavel, Mărgărit and Associates provides legal assistance to an important investor in an energy project of photovoltaic parks in Romania in terms of legal, financing and project authorization matters.