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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.
It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!
In its judgment of 5 March 2013 (Case 2011/MR/3) , the Brussels’ Court of Appeal ("CoA") has confirmed that advice given by in-house counsel to its em…
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In a detailed and well-reasoned judgment of 19 March 2013, the Brussels Labour Court of Appeal ruled that the termination of an employment contract on…
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At the beginning of 2013, certain changes were made to the Soil Decree and Flemish Soil Regulation (‘Vlarebo') relating to the transfer and the co-fin…
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On 14 March 2013, the District Court of Rotterdam (the "District Court") annulled a decision of the Dutch Competition Authority ("NMa") imposing fines…
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On 26 February 2013, a draft bill (the “Draft Bill”) amending the bankruptcy law of 8 August 1997 (the “Bankruptcy Law”) was submitted to the House of…
Read MoreTo tackle the "false self-employed" phenomenon, which damages both the workers and the social security system, the legislator adopted Title XIII of th…
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In een arrest van vandaag, 16 april 2013, heeft het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie ("HvJ") geoordeeld dat het Vlaams Taaldecreet onverenigbaar …
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On 22 March 2013, the Council of Ministers approved a bill (the “Bill”) that implements Directive 2011/7/EU of 16 February 2011 on combating late paym…
Read MoreCollective Bargaining agreement nr. 104 with respect to the implementation of a plan for the employment of older workers in companies, which entered i…
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On14 March 2013, the General Court handed down two decisions, Del Monte v. Commission (Case T-587/08) and Dole v. Commission (Case T-588/08), upholdi…
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Overeenkomstig artikel 20, lid 5, 2° van de Wet betreffende de handelsagentuurovereenkomsten, is geen uitwinningsvergoeding verschuldigd indien de han…
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By order of 7 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) ruled on a preliminary reference from the Ghent Commercial Court concerni…
Read MoreDuring the Council of Ministers of 11 January 2013, two draft Royal Decrees were approved leading to a loosening of the rules on cumulating a retireme…
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On 14 March 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment (Case C-32/11) following a reference from the Hungarian Supreme Court concer…
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In its judgment of 13 March 2013, the European Court of Human Rights (the “ECtHR”) declared that exchange of information on the Internet is covered by…
Read MoreUntil now, the non-competition indemnity concluded after the employment contract was only subject to tax withholdings and not to social security contr…
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On 30 January 2013, the Belgian Privacy Commission (Commission de la protection de la vie privée / Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke l…
Read MoreAt the beginning of this year, the regulation on the hiring out of workers has seen significant changes. As from now, a written agreement between the …
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On 28 February 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled on a preliminary reference from the Lisbon Court of Appeals seeking guidance on the a…
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The Programme Law of 27 December 2006 obliges assigning employers (for their assigned employees) and assigned self-employed workers to make a prior no…
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