If you employ temporary workers during the second quarter of 2023, you should bear in mind that they may count for determining whether you exceed the threshold of 50 or 100 employees.

A recently adopted European Directive modifies the existing provisions for third-country researchers and students.

On 18 April 2024, a legislative amendment was published in the Belgian State Gazette that introduces a protection against dismissal and a prohibition of discrimination in the event of absence due...

The Court of Cassation, in a judgment of 13 November 2023, confirmed that a standby duty during which employees must constantly be available and are subject to binding obligations...

In the context of (sub)contracting, certain tasks are not physically carried out by the company's own employees, but by the (employees of the) subcontractor.

The Belgian Competition Authority recently rendered a decision imposing a significant fine on competitors guilty of anti-competitive agreements, including non-solicitation clauses.

On 20 September 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published the 10 July 2023 decision adopting a new Adequacy Decision for companies in the United States of America...

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On 16 March 2023, the House of Representatives adopted a law which modifies the calculation of notice periods for certain employees whose employment contract started before 1 January 2014.

Employees who are provided with a company car are taxed on a fixed-rate benefit in kind. This benefit in kind does not change even if the employer also provides a fuel card.

Article 15(3) GDPR provides that, at the request of the data subject, the controller must provide a copy of the personal data that has been processed and, if the request is made electronically...

A change in the law caps the notice period for employees who resign at a maximum of 13 weeks in any case. This applies even if the employment contract already started before 1 January 2014.

Copyright income benefits from a particularly advantageous tax treatment. Up to a certain ceiling these are taxed at a separate rate of 15%.

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.

In its judgment of 23 March 2023, the Constitutional Court confirmed that it is not discriminatory to provide special dismissal protection for contractual staff who execute (or were candidate for)...

On 28 November 2023, a crucial decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union shed light on the debates surrounding the wearing of religious...

Pregnant employees enjoy a certain degree of protection against dismissal.

In view of the inflation experienced in 2022 and the lack of margin for wage increases, the government has taken steps to allow companies that had high profits in 2022...

As a result of the COVID measures, many employees were suddenly no longer able to work at their employer's premises and were obliged to work from home.

A new regulation modifying the protection against retaliation in matters of discrimination and violence, moral or sexual harassment at work was published in the Belgian State Gazette...