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Oprichting Littler Belgium: een nieuw hoofdstuk in arbeidsrecht

Op 1 mei 2025 werd Littler Belgium opgericht, een onafhankelijk Belgisch advocatenkantoor gespecialiseerd in arbeidsrecht en HR-gerelateerde juridische vraagstukken.

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Universités d'été : les inscriptions sont ouvertes

AVOCATS.BE vous donne rendez-vous les mardi 19 et mercredi 20 août 2025 au Château-ferme de Courrière pour deux journées de formation autour de thématiques actuelles, animées par d…

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Promotions at Clifford Chance Brussels

Clifford Chance announces the promotion of 31 partners to the global partnership, and four new Senior Counsel and forty new Counsel appointments across our European offices, 8 of w…

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Coalition Agreement: Royal Decree definitively abolishes SWT…

On September 15, 2025, the royal decree (RD) abolishing the regime of unemp…

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Budget Mobilité en Belgique - Nouveautés 2026

Le budget mobilité permet aux travailleurs qui disposent ou peuvent prétend…

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Social security agreement between Belgium and Argentina

Belgium and Argentina recently signed a social security agreement which has been submitted for ratification. This agreement will have major consequenc…

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Judgment of the Constitutional Court of 7 July 2011

The distinctions between blue and white collars are contrary to Articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution since they are no longer justified in an object…

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Quantity of free EUA for the aviation

Publication of the rules for the allocation of EUA to the aviation sector.

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NEW UPDATED CLAEYS FORMULA

The Claeys formula, which is often used as a guideline for determining the notice period, has been updated. The new version leads to slightly lower re…

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Le temps de garde inactive ne doit pas être rémunéré (comme) des heures de travail effectives

Un « senior field ingénieur », employé auprès d'une entreprise IT doit pour partie de son travail exécuter des gardes (stand-by) pour répondre à certa…

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NOTIFICATION FOR THE EMPLOYERS FALLING UNDER THE SCOPE OF JOINT COMMITTEE N° 218: SECTORIAL AGREEMENT 2011-201…

Within the joint committee n° 218 (the National Auxiliary Joint Committee for White-Collar Workers), the sector agreement was signed on 19 September 2…

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Verbrekingsvergoeding voor betaalde sportbeoefenaars.

De problematiek inzake verbrekingsvergoeding van betaalde sportbeoefenaars (of in tegenovergesteld geval van de sportvereniging) is momenteel weer bra…

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De Wet van 12 april 2011 m.b.t. de nieuwe opzegtermijnen voor arbeiders en bedienden: een kort leven beschoren…

België is één van de laatste Europese landen die een onderscheid maakt tussen bedienden, zijnde werknemers die hoofdzakelijk hoofdarbeid verrichte, en…

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SOCIALE VERKIEZINGEN 2011: Wat in twijfelgevallen? Al dan niet opstarten?

De sociale verkiezingen dienen in principe plaats te vinden tijdens de periode door de wet vastgelegd.

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A new law in the fight against advertisement recruiters

Recently a law amending the Law of 6 April 2010 relative to market practices and consumer protection in the fight against the touts advertising was pu…

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New recommendations concerning workplace bullying

On 14 July 2011, the House Committee on Social Affairs of the Belgian Parliament adopted a proposal (the "Proposal") containing a number of recommenda…

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Belgian Commercial Court Establishes Incompatibility between Task of External Accountant and Liquidator

On 28 December 2010, the Leuven Commercial Court handed down a judgment in application of Article 184 of the Belgian Companies' Code governing the app…

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Belgian Constitutional Court Holds That Differences between Blue and White Collar Employees Should Be Abolishe…

In a preliminary ruling that came down on 7 July 2011 concerning a case that had been brought before the Labour Court of Brussels (Arbeidsrechtbank / …

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Social elections in 2012: related bills passed

The parliament has recently passed three bills in relation to the 2012 social elections.

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PROTECTION AGAINST DISMISSAL IN CASE OF TAKING UP PATERNITY LEAVE

On 20 July 2011, a law has been published in the Belgian Official Journal protecting new fathers against dismissal in case they take up paternity leav…

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DISTINCTION BETWEEN BLUE-COLLAR AND WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Much has already been written about the in Belgium still existing distinction between blue-collar and white-collar workers. As of 7 July 2011, a new e…

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ALLOWANCE FOR STAND BY SERVICES SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL USUAL PAY

The Belgian Supreme Court has rendered a new judgment which will be warmly welcomed by employers working with "stand by" or "on call" services. An emp…

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New rules for student labour not yet final

Several media outlets announced at the end of April that legislation with regard to student labour will be made more flexible from 1 January 2012.

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New penalties with regard to the illegal employment of foreign workers

The Social Penal Code reorganizes the penalties that apply in the case of the illegal employment of foreign workers. Even though penalties are severe …

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The competences of the social inspectors to perform home visiting

The new Social Penal Code modifies and clarifies as from 1 July 2011 some rules regarding the competence of social inspectors in their performance of …

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