Tags: Employment
Webinar Video | Help! … my employee has privacy rights in the workplace
privacy rights in the workplace: employment webinar
New salary increases in Joint Committee n°200
On 18 November 2021, the social partners within the general Joint Committee for white-collar employees (JC 200) signed a sector-level agreement regarding the implementation of the wage norm. Besides a wage increase of 0.4%, the agreement also provides for a corona premium and an increase in the commuting allowance.
Teleworking mandatory once again!
In view of the worsening epidemic situation, the government has decided to make telework compulsory again. As of 20 November 2021, all workers are obliged to telework, unless the worker’s role or the continuity of business operations does not allow for teleworking.
The employer may arrange for occasions on which workers can return to the office, but these ‘moments of return’ must be limited to one day per week between 20 November and 12 December 2021. From 13 December 2021, workers may work 2 days per week in the office.
The monitoring of compulsory telework is twofold: (i) the employer must provide a worker working in the office with a certificate or other supporting document attesting that his/her presence in the workplace is needed, and (ii) employers will, once again, be obliged to monthly register the ‘non-teleworkable functions’ within their company through the online portal of the National Social Security Office.
Reconciling intra-group posting set-ups with the Belgian employee lending restrictions: a Brussels court decision provides guidance
When posting employees to Belgium, foreign employers as well as Belgian host companies must be aware of the employee lending restrictions.
Webinar Video | Employment Webinar: Help! I want to dismiss my employee
ALTIUS employment lawyers, Philippe De Wulf and Astrid Caporali, present selected topics and new developments by going step-by-step through an HR-professional’s typical thought-process when considering dismissing someone.
ALTIUS introduces PREAVIZ, your online severance calculator!
ALTIUS introduces PREAVIZ, your online severance calculator!
Will employers in Flanders soon be able to organise Covid-19 vaccinations in the workplace?
When the vaccination campaign was launched in Belgium, it was intended, in a second phase, that this should also take place within companies. However, to date, vaccinations in the workplace have not been possible. This is now going to change in the Flemish region where the Flemish Government has developed a framework for vaccinations in the workplace via the occupational doctor. However, this option will not apply to all employers.
FAQ for employers: Installing electric charging stations at an employee’s home residence.
The installation of electric charging station at an employee’s home residence triggers some practical questions, both from an employment and a regulatory perspective. We listed and answered them for you in the below top 10 Q&A.
Webinar Video | Employment Webinar: Telework 2.0 – The New Normal?
Our Employment team discuss some legal and practical telework-related questions that employers and HR-managers have to cope with today.
The end of mandatory telework?
On Friday 4 June 2021, a new Ministerial Decree was published in the Belgian State Gazette that includes new provisions regarding telework. For the time being, telework remains compulsory and employers remain obliged to register their non-teleworkable positions with the National Social Security Office (NSSO) and to provide workers whose presence at the workplace is needed with a certificate confirming this fact. However, as from 9 June 2021, employers will have the option to organise weekly ‘return moments’ to the workplace. It is expected that from 1 July 2021, if the number of vaccinations and infections allow it, teleworking will only be recommended and no longer compulsory.
New monthly online ‘Covid telework’ registration obligation for employers starting from April 2021
For a number of months now, teleworking has been compulsory, except for when either the employee’s role or the continuity of business operations does not allow for it.
However, many employers have either not been or have been insufficiently respecting this measure and so the government is going to enhance the monitoring of compulsory teleworking by introducing a new online registration obligation for employers.
The Belgian requirement to rely on recognized dockers to perform dock work passes the ECJ test… the recognition procedure of dockers does not
In a long-awaited court ruling, the ECJ confirmed on 11 February 2021 that the Belgian rules on dock work, obliging companies to have only recognised dockers carry out dock work in ports, does not necessarily constitute a violation of the free movement of workers, the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services.