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Share-related benefits granted by a foreign parent company: new Esko ruling strengthens the NSSO’s position that social security contributions are due
Share-related benefits granted by a foreign parent company: new Esko ruling strengthens the NSSO’s position that social security contributions are due
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10 quick-and-key questions on a safe return to work with Covid-19
With the exit from the lockdown now in full force, more companies are bringing their staff back to their work premises.
We have listed 10 quick-but-key questions that every business manager or HR specialist must deal with during this restart.
No retroactive suspension of the notice period in the event of ‘corona’ temporary unemployment
Up until now, there has been no suspension of a notice period served upon an employee who has been made temporarily unemployed under the ‘corona’ regime. Such a notice period started during the corona temporary unemployment and continued to run during this period. Given, as a consequence, employers would be able to dismiss employees ‘cheaply’, a draft bill was submitted in Parliament to have the notice period suspended in the event of corona temporary unemployment. The draft bill was criticized as it provided for a retroactive application of this new rule. After having obtained the Council of State’s opinion, which stated that the law cannot have retroactive effect, the Chamber of Representatives has now voted for the law without retroactive effect. However, the new law does apply to notice periods served after 1 March 2020 for periods of corona temporary unemployment that fall after the entry into force of the law.
The CJEU has clarified the transparency rules on the publication of online flight prices
On 23 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the EU clarified earlier case law that obliges each airline to indicate in its initial online price offer(s), the airfare and, separately, the taxes, charges, surcharges and fees that are unavoidable and foreseeable.
Webinar Video | Privacy, telework, electronic contracts: 3 key legal themes in Covid-19 times
Gerrit Vandendriessche, Esther Soetens and Mathieu Maniet provide you with a hands-on digest about what your company should know from a legal perspective about privacy, tele-working and electronic contracts during these Covid-19 times.
Employment Ministry’s and DPA’s new positions on checking employees’ temperatures
The controversial issue of whether employers can check their employees’ temperatures has been much debated. Both the Employment Ministry and the Data Protection Authority (DPA) have recently changed their positions in this respect. The Employment Ministry allows temperature checks, but only during the COVID-19 pandemic and provided that the decision to introduce such checks, as well as the method of implementation, is included in the company’s work rules in line with the procedure provided for in Collective Labour Agreement Number 100 on the performance of alcohol and drug tests.
Extension of Doel 1 and Doel 2 is illegitimate but our energy supply is safe for now …
On 5 March 2020, the Constitutional Court annulled the extension of Doel 1 and Doel 2 because this extension infringed EU legal provisions concerning environmental assessments.
Belgian federal government restricts the sale of personal protective equipment and medical devices that can be used in the fight against Covid-19 – Updated
On 23 March 2020, a Ministerial Decree on special measures in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the basis of Book XVIII of the Code of Economic Law was adopted by the Belgian Minister of Economic Affairs, which restricts both the retail and wholesale distribution of certain types of personal protective equipment, as well as of medical devices used for treating Covid-19 patients.
EC has adopted temporary derogations from certain EU competition rules
On 30 April 2020, the European Commission adopted three implementing regulations allowing temporary derogations from the strict cartel prohibition provided for by EU competition law in three specific agricultural sectors: dairy, potato and live plants and flowers.
Weathering The Crisis: What Future For Real Estate?
COVID-19 is having a massive impact on the retail sector. How will this develop in the short and long term? What is the future of brick-and-mortar retailers? Will the way we are experiencing shopping be deeply modified?
Belgium adopts Act increasing the transparency of managed entry agreements
On 16 April 2020, a new Act was adopted by the Belgian parliament to increase the transparency of managed entry agreements concluded between pharmaceutical companies and the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance.