Overview
Curious about the 2024 budgetary measures? The Programme Act that was published in today’s Belgian Official Gazette provides details of a number of budgetary measures for 2024. The changes relate to flexi jobs, the work bonus and the work resumption bonus. Read the full overview and find out what applies to you as an employer.
Which major changes in laws and regulations are set to be introduced that you do well take into account as an employer? What is new on 1 January 2024 and beyond? Below is an overview of the social-legal changes that will impact your work organisation.
After the corona bonus, at the end of 2022 the federal government decided that companies that turn a handsome profit should be allowed to pay their employees a one-off purchasing power bonus. This little extra comes in the form of consumption vouchers. Find out why it is a rewarding decision for employers to award the bonus.
On 9 October 2023, the federal government reached an agreement on the 2024 budget. On the industrial relations front, they agreed on a number of labour market reforms which should help bring about employees working longer or returning to work, making work more rewarding and keeping the labour market competitive. These agreements are to be turned into legislation over the period ahead. Based on the information currently available to us, we are happy to already provide you with a run-down of what this could mean for you.
What if your employees arrive late to work because of traffic disruption? Are they still entitled to their wages?
Extreme weather such as fierce forest fires and hailstorms upset the holidays of many Belgians. For holidaymakers hit by severe weather, starting start the journey home in good time is by no means easy. What if your employee is unable to return in time to resume work?
While the summer period is not a busy one for lots of companies, peace and quiet can be hard to find when your employees are on holiday. Those left behind often have to take on more tasks – the duties of those absent. What's the best way to prepare for the hustle and bustle, or the calm, of the summer holidays? What if there's too much work? What if there's too little? You can about this read it here.
Belgium's ageing population poses a societal challenge. The federal government reached an agreement on pension reform on 10 July 2023: a new package of measures to improve the financial sustainability of the pension system. The new package complements the 2022 pension deal and the 2023 budget measures.
The Group of Ten reached an agreement on 15 March 2023 on several files such as end-of-career schemes, overtime and tax-advantaged 'relance' overtime and supplementary pensions.