The Institute of Company lawyers (IBJ-IJE) is the professional body for 2431 company lawyers in Belgium

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). The employee was initially dismissed with a notice period after which the notice period was terminated early, and the remaining notice period was replaced by a severance payment. For the first time, we see a court awarding compensation under CBA No. 109 for both the initial dismissal and the early termination of the notice period.

In a previous blog post, we explored the principle under EU law that human intervention is a prerequisite for granting copyright protection to works created using generative AI tools.

The extent to which works qualify for copyright protection depends on whether they constitute a “specific and concrete form” and reflect the author’s “own intellectual creation,” resulting from their free and creative choices.

On 5 March 2025, the European Union published the European Health Data Space Regulation (EHDS), marking a significant advancement of digital health across the European Union (EU). The regulation will enter into force on 26 March 2025, with its provisions phased in gradually over the coming years. The EHDS is designed to reshape the framework for accessing, exchanging, and utilising health data across the EU, fostering greater interoperability, transparency, and efficiency in health data governance.