With a global environment characterised by regulatory change and a growing emphasis on multi-jurisdictional scrutiny and transparency by regulators, stakeholders and investors, effective entity management is entering the public domain.

As cybersecurity has become a boardroom topic, legal professionals need to be informed about the corresponding legal risks in order to understand and assess their organization’s exposure, maturity, resilience and readiness as well as the possible legal impact and consequences of a cybersecurity-related incident. One-liners like “It is not about ‘if’ but ‘when’ a cybersecurity incident will happen in your organization,” or “Prepare for the worst, hope for the best,” are frequently used as eloquent calls to action, but what does that mean in practice for company lawyers? The purpose of this blog post is to provide company lawyers with some insights on current cybersecurity matters and to provide a basis for informed discussions about cybersecurity with key stakeholders within their organization, allowing them to ask the right questions to IT Security, to get relevant information from the key business functions and to inform the C-suite and the Board appropriately.

La stratégie de vaccination est un sujet phare en cette période. Différentes entreprises réfléchissent également à une politique de vaccination au sein même de l'entreprise. Mais qu'est-ce qui est autorisé dans ce contexte ?

As the telework during the COVID-19 pandemic does not perfectly fit with the existing legal systems of occasional or structural telework, employers and employees were confronted during the last year with the absence of a clear legal framework. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement no. 149 of 26 January provides a framework for employers and their employees to make proper arrangements on several aspects of telework.

The Act of 20 December 2020 providing for various temporary and structural measures in the framework of the fight against the spread of Covid-19 (the "Act") recently amended the statutory provisions on the holding of general meetings remotely using an electronic means of communication, in particular Articles 5:89 (SRL/BV) and 7:137 (SA/NV) of the Code of Companies and Associations (the "CCA").

Antitrust policy and enforcement is now mainstream news: it is front and centre in discussions about large tech players and digital markets; it is a core issue in the debate on sustainability; and it remains a key consideration in global trade negotiations.

According to the Legal Departments in a Digital Era report, 72% of legal departments say compliance and risk management are highly important. However, the maturity level is at 34%. Discover the other challenges and more expert insights in this article.

On 15 December 2020, the European Commission finally unveiled its long-awaited proposals for a Digital Services Act (DSA) and a Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DSA aims to harmonize the liability and accountability rules for digital service providers, while the DMA aims to promote fair and contestable markets in the digital sector.

A partir du 1^er janvier 2021, les travailleurs britanniques seront des ressortissants de pays tiers. En pratique, les conséquences se feront principalement ressentir  dans le domaine de la migration économique et de la sécurité sociale en cas d’emploi transfrontalier.

Il existe de nombreux modes alternatifs de règlement des conflits en matière sociale.
Apportent-ils une valeur ajoutée aux acteurs de la justice ?

Marianne Gratia lève le voile concernant:

• Les différents modes alternatifs de règlement des conflits appelés communément les « MARCs »
• Quelques particularités des MARCs, et en particulier de la mediation
• Le recours aux MARCs dans le domaine des relations professionnelles

The new Belgian government prioritises the promotion of gender equality and the fight against discrimination based on gender. One of the first steps in this agenda is the extension of birth leave, which is the leave that fathers or co-parents (it is a gender-neutral type of paternity leave) can take at the birth of a child.

There have been some major changes in the B2B landscape recently. On May 24, 2019, two new acts bringing some major changes to Belgian competition law and the legal framework of B2B relationships were published in the Belgian Official Journal. Firstly, the Act of April 4, 2019, which introduced new rules for B2B relationships relating to unfair market practices, abuse of economic dependence and unlawful contractual terms. Secondly, the Act of May 2, 2019, which introduced a number of changes to the competition rules (i.e., in Book IV of the Code of Economic Law). All of these changes are now in effect. The new rules on unfair market practices entered into force on September 1, 2019, the rules prohibiting abuse of economic dependence on August 22, 2020. And more recently, on December 1, 2020, the new rules on unlawful contract terms entered into force.

Que peut faire l'employeur pendant l’occupation d’un travailleur pour éviter que le licenciement soit considéré ultérieurement comme manifestement déraisonnable par le tribunal du travail?

Face à la crise sanitaire, une entreprise en difficulté peut alléger ses coûts en réduisant temporairement le temps de travail du personnel. Ceci implique une réduction des cotisations sociales et une réduction des salaires (qui doit cependant être en partie compensée).

Le télétravail est une mesure importante dans la lutte contre la pandémie actuelle de COVID-19. Le cadre réglementaire existe depuis longtemps, mais il est aujourd’hui d’une actualité brûlante. Quelles sont les formes de « travail à domicile » qui existent exactement ? Et où se situent les différences en matière de remboursement des frais ? Un récent arrêt du 5 octobre 2020 de la cour de Cassation apporte un éclairage intéressant à ce sujet.