On 3 October 2025, the Flemish Government gave preliminary approval to a dr…
In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…
Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.
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La Cour du travail de Liège (division Namur) a récemment décidé, en matière de licenciement pour motif grave, que c’est le conseil d’administrati…
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Hoe zit het met het retourrecht voor consumenten bij online verkoop? Mag een webshop een item niet terugnemen omdat het in uitverkoop was? Zelfs …
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On 25 June 2015, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") adopted several decisions sanctioning natural vinegar producers Burg and …
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With the Program Law of 10 August 2015, the so-called “Cayman tax” has been implemented. Under this regime, certain legal constructions are treat…
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The European Succession Regulation ("ESR") ensures that each succession is handled in a coherent manner, under one single legal system, and by one sin…
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On 27 July 2015, the Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Maggie De Block (“the Minister”), and the pharmaceutical sector umbrella organisat…
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Op 28 juli 2015 publiceerde VLABEL een nieuw standpunt over het tegenbewijs dat moet worden geleverd in het kader van de gesplitste aankopen (fictiebe…
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Italy has finally decided to join in on EU’s Unitary Patent by expressing its wish to participate in the enhanced cooperation mechanism for the creati…
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Illegally putting workers at the disposal of a third-party user remains a hot item in Belgium. A rather unknown solution to enable comp…
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On 27 June 2014, the National Confederation of Executives (Nationale Confederatie van het Kaderpersoneel/Confédération Nationale des Cadres) and a num…
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On 10 July 2015, the Preparatory Committee (which handles all the subsidiary issues arising from the creation of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”), suc…
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In recent years and as a result of consecutive State reforms, a series of former “national” taxes have been devolved to the Regions, which have the po…
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On 27 July 2015, the Competition College (Mededingingscollege / Collège de la concurrence) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededinging…
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Na talrijke analyses door een commissie van deskundigen en herhaaldelijke discussies tussen de sociale partners, werd de wetgeving die als doel heeft …
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In tegenstelling tot de algemene opinie, moeten de bedrijven die in België gevestigd zijn, niet uitsluitend de verplichtingen van REACH, de Europese w…
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On 17 July 2015, the Belgian Council of Ministers has approved the draft of a royal decree that will reform the system of patent fees for inventions a…
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Il n’est pas rare, surtout en ces périodes d’intenses activités syndicales précédant la procédure des élections sociales de constater des débordements…
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The proposal for a directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) seeks to align across the EU the exist…
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Le recours à un travailleur indépendant (nouvel engagement ou modification de la nature de relation de travail salarié vers indépendant) est souvent s…
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An employer suspects one of its employees to perform unfair competition during the exercise of its own duties.
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