The EU-AstraZeneca agreement imposes a "best reasonable efforts" obligation on AstraZeneca to manufacture and deliver its Covid-19 vaccine doses to the EU.

On 28 March 2024, the Belgian Federal Chamber of Representatives adopted a new act implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022...

Promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace has become a key objective for many companies. While working out such a policy, employers often want to introduce so-called...

The rules governing discrimination and psychosocial risks at work have been revised to bring them in line with European legislation and the European Court of Justice's recent case law.

This newsletter gives a short overview of the latest legal and administrative developments when temporarily posting workers to Belgium. The topics covered are relevant for both foreign posting employers and Belgian.

In its priorities note for 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") listed the pharmaceutical and health care sector as one of it major interests.

After more than seven months of intense negotiations, a federal government (baptised the "Arizona coalition") has been formed, resulting in a 200-page long – sometimes very detailed...

For the past five years there has been an ongoing battle between the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") and the legislator about the BCA's competence...

2023 began with the end of Jacques Steenbergen's mandate as president of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) on 31 January 2023, after 15 years as the head of the BCA. Unfortunately...

The "hidden protection period" is one of the most remarkable features of the social elections process. The hidden protection period is the period during which candidates already benefit from the specific...

As winter settles in, the challenge of working in cold conditions becomes a significant consideration in the professional landscape. Cold working environments raise concerns about employee...

NIS2 (the second "Network and Information Systems Directive") is an updated regulatory framework introduced by the European Union to strengthen cybersecurity...

From 1 January 2026, a duty of care obligation applies to clients and (sub)contractors active in the construction sector.

A new draft Act has recently been submitted to the Belgian Parliament that aims to amend the Social Penal Code which lists the infringements of labour and social security law that are punishable and the related penalties.

In the Esko case regarding Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted by a US parent company to certain employees of its Belgian subsidiary, the Belgian Supreme Court overturned...

On 1 January 2026, new legal rules entered into force aimed at accelerating the reintegration of incapacitated employees.

On 9 May 2025, the Flemish government approved the Flemish Minister for Work's new concept note setting out a tightened and integrated labour migration policy based on 10 core principles.

New Belgian legislation introduces stricter payment terms for business-to-business transactions, capping payment periods at 60 days and eliminating contractual flexibility around invoice receipt dates. The Act of 14 August 2021 strengthens protections for creditors by imposing automatic penalties on late-paying debtors, including a 10.5% interest rate and fixed recovery costs, fundamentally reshaping commercial payment practices.

For the first time, the CJEU has been asked to clarify the temporal applicability of the right to "appropriate and proportionate remuneration" laid down in Article 18 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market ("DSM Directive").

The new Belgian federal government has outlined its vision for public health in a policy paper under the slogan "More money for health, more health for our money".