GVZH Advocates contributes to Van Olmen & Wynant Report, "Should Aircrew Be Declared Posted?" An action in the framework of the EU Commission's Support for social dialogue – and a...

On 24 March 2025, the Belgium Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) issued an important ruling regarding the classification of contractually agreed-upon compensations as wage, even if they are not directly linked...

On 1 February 2024, the Federal parliament approved a new act relating to Book 6 "Extra-contractual liability" of the Civil Code.

One of the most significant social policy instruments adopted by the EU in the last years is the EU Pay Transparency Directive...

On 5 March 2025, the European Commission and the European cross-industry social partners have concluded a Pact for Social Dialogue in which they take joint initiatives to strengthen social dialogue at EU level.

On the 30th of June 2025, several collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) were going to expire.

Following the Act of 3 October 2022 on various provisions relating to employment, known as the Labour Deal Act, article 39ter of the Act on Employment Contracts was amended.

In the context of strike actions opposing the franchising of certain stores by a supermarket chain, the company obtained an injunction against picketing through an ex parte...

2024 is an important year of political and social elections.

After the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in 2022, the EU has now also enacted a second directive aiming at improving the ESG and corporate social responsibility of companies active within the EU.

As from 1 September 2024, a new mandatory attendance registration system has entered into force for cleaning and maintenance activities in Belgium.

Following the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) landmark decision in the CCOO case on 14 May 2019, the topic of working time registration has become a hot topic in many EU member states.

Belgium held elections on 9 June 2024 and negotiations for the forming of a federal government are still ongoing at the start of 2025.

In February 2025, the European Commission introduced its first "Omnibus Package," designed to simplify and reduce the administrative burdens related to sustainability reporting and due diligence directives.

Below we give an overview of the expected legislative evolutions at EU-level employment law in 2025.

Ursula von der Leyen, who was re-elected as President of the EU Commission by the European Parliament on July 27 this year and has presented her selection for the appointment of the new Commissioners on 17 September.

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive introducing the "Simplification Omnibus Package."

In a judgment of 21 December 2023, the Labour Court of Appeal of Brussels has ruled that certain Deliveroo riders (previously active) should be considered workers in a subordinate relationship with Deliveroo as the employer.

On 31 January 2025, the new Federal Government ("De Wever I", also called "Arizona") reached a coalition agreement. The document contains a long list of measures that can directly and indirectly impact employment law.

This article discusses whether Spanish law's exceptions of retirement on collective redundancy from the required procedures complies with EU law.