The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has sanctioned Securitas, G4S and Seris for various malpractices in the private security sector. The reasons include price-fixing...

As the EU Whistleblower Directive is being adopted in more and more EU member states, we are delighted to welcome Belgium's Van Olmen & Wynant as a WhistleB partner.

Our Corporate and M&A Team, in close collaboration with Jurimesh, had the pleasure of publishing a short blogpost on the risks of a term sheet and its impact on the long form agreement.

In the Air Nostrum case C-314/23 of 4 October 2024, a trade union of cabin crew workers and the Spanish public prosecutor claimed that the collective bargaining agreements that Spanish...

A contractual employee of the administration of a municipality was accused of aggressive behaviour. The municipality organised a hearing in order to investigate the accusations.

The case concerns a prejudicial question from a Polish court regarding a dispute between a fixed-term worker and his former employer.

The case concerns a prejudicial question from a Polish court regarding a dispute between a fixed-term worker and his former employer.

The proposal of the Platform Work Directive was introduced on 9 December 2021 and has since then stirred a lot of controversy and discussion.

The legislative proposal for the federal Programme Act was introduced last week in the federal parliament and is expected to be voted on this month.

In Belgium, the language rules for the use of documents in social relations (from employers to employees) are very strict and of public order.

The Belgian parliament approves the first measure announced by the federal coalition agreement of 31 January 2025. It concerns the increase of the maximum amount of hours that students can work...

The European Union will hold elections in June 2024. Therefore, the coming months will be focused on finalising the work of this legislature.

EWCs should be installed when companies have over 1000 workers in the European Economic Area and at least 150 workers in two member states.

On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg issued a judgment that might change the game for European football clubs.

A new sanction is introduced: the prohibition to participate in public tenders or to receive public concessions.

Since 2014, workers in the private sector have been awarded the right to request a written motivation for their dismissal by the employer.

As previously discussed, the Belgian Social Criminal Code was reformed by the Act of 15 May 2024 (entry into force on 1 July 2024).

On 3 December 2024, the Labour Court of Appeal of Brussels issued a judgment in response to a claim for manifestly unreasonable dismissal under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (hereafter CBA No. 109).

A recent legislative proposal sets out the future rules regarding the obligation to motivate the dismissal of contractual workers in the public sector and offer protection against manifestly unreasonable dismissal.

An Act has been passed to enhance the protection of employees undergoing fertility treatments.