Last month, the Belgian Supreme Court ruled in a case concerning a former employee who, following an internal investigation, had been first dismissed by her employer for and subsequently convicted of several criminal...more
6/4/2024
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We continue to see increased investigation and prosecution of corruption, fraud, modern slavery and workplace misconduct, especially in the construction, transportation and financial sectors.
Investigations are boosted by...more
1/10/2024
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Construction Industry ,
Corporate Crimes ,
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Modern Slavery Act ,
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White Collar Crimes
Compliance with GDPR requirements is a key factor when you plan and conduct social elections.
Since the social elections procedure involves the processing of a lot of personal employee data, for example, the list of...more
Employee representatives on the works council and health and safety committee benefit from a special form of dismissal protection, which covers all effective members and substitute members sitting on those bodies, as well as...more
Psychosocial risks at work can have serious consequences for the well-being and productivity of employees and the organisation. To help prevent and address these risks, Belgian law provides for the possibility to appoint a...more
Why it is crucial to correctly identify the leading personnel in a company.
Members of a company’s leading personnel (leidinggevend personeel/personnel de direction) cannot be put forward as candidates during the social...more
Determining the TBU at the start of the social elections process.
The 2024 social elections are scheduled for 13-26 May, when workers will elect their representatives on the works council and the health and safety...more
What to expect from the new EU Women on Boards Directive, including the practical changes for your management structure and the impact on the national legislation of each Member State.
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Like the majority of EU Member States, Belgium missed the deadline to transpose the Directive on time. However, the Belgian parliament has now approved the draft act transposing the Directive for the private sector (the New...more
As from 1 October 2022, a new royal decree is in force that changes the process of reintegrating an employee on long-term sick leave.
As a result, several key changes have been made to the reintegration procedure as set...more
What to expect from the new EU Women on Boards Directive, including the practical changes for your management structure and the impact on the national legislation of each Member State.
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Companies should start thinking about their whistleblowing strategy.
Current state of play -
The EU Whistleblowing Directive aims to protect whistleblowers when making an extensive range of disclosures on breaches of EU...more
On 12 March 2020, the Belgian government announced further measures, effective as from 14 March 2020 up until 3 April 2020 (but potentially subject to extension), in order to combat the COVID-19 outbreak (also referred to as...more
The Constitutional Court rendered its judgment on a controversial issue under the 2013 Law on the Unified Status for white-collar and blue-collar employees (the LUS)....more
On 25 May 2018, the new EU General Data Protection Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the GDPR) will enter into...more
Welcome to The Big Think – the thought leadership series from Allen & Overy’s global Employment practice.
Its mission is to think big, think forward and think without boundaries. Members of our international team put...more
Focus on self-employed company leaders
- A recent act has made various changes to the legal framework of occupational pensions for employees and self-employed company leaders. The key changes were outlined in our...more
Yesterday an act has entered into force which makes various changes to the legal framework of occupational pensions for employees, self-employed individuals and self-employed company leaders.
You will need to assess...more