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Updates regarding the telework cost compensation

On June 20^th, 2019 the EU issued a new Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, discharge of debt and disqualifications, and measures to increase the efficiency of procedures concerning restructuring, insolvency and discharge of debt (hereafter referred to as ‘The Directive’), in its first attempt to harmonize substantive rules on insolvency law within the Union.

The Belgian government is currently working on several important new and amending laws and rules regarding employment law. Below, we provide a concise overview and an estimated timeline for their implementation.

On 1 June 2022, the Belgian law transposing the EU directives on certain aspects of contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services (2019/770) and for the sale of goods (2019/771) will enter into force, thereby ushering in a number of changes.

In our society today, we use a variety of products often without reflecting on their impact on the environment.

Trendspotting: aligning corporate structures with HR needs (why larger companies are considering  splitting up into smaller legal entities)

The Supreme Court of Belgium had to rule on legality of the persecution of a group of trade union activists, who had collectively blocked an important highway, causing dangerous road conditions and a traffic jam of over 400km. 

As a society, we may never have been more aware of discrimination than we are today. This goes for the workplace as well. Perhaps your company has made a special effort to promote diversity by introducing diversity and inclusion programs, or by offering or participating in workplace diversity awards, or by implementing tools to measure and improve inclusivity, etc.

The Belgian Federal Government recently reached an agreement on the reform of the labour market. The deal includes various social policy measures, which will result in legislative changes in employment law. These measures are currently transposed in an Act regarding diverse labour provisions.

Below, we present an overview of the most important elements.

Last November, the General Court in Luxembourg confirmed the fine of € 2.42 bn imposed on Google for abusing its dominant position in the market for online general search services.

As a member of the World Trade Organization, the European Union (“EU” or “Union”) stands for free and fair trade. At its disposal, it has trade defence – or trade remedy – instruments (“TDI”) for unilateral action when EU industries face unfair competition from imports. 

Labour tribunal accepts urgent dismissal for not wearing face mask (correctly) and not respecting social distancing

Several recent crises have highlighted the tension between the rapid increase in costs borne by companies, and the assumed impossibility of passing on all or part of this increase to their co-contractors under public or private contracts concluded at fixed prices.

For the first time in Belgium, a Labour Tribunal has ruled on the status of workers in the “gig” economy (in the particular case of Deliveroo).

Product Safety – Managing the Risks

Double discrimination = double compensation. Diversity & Inclusion at the recruitment phase