Belgium has many peculiarities like the important difference between blue collar workers and white collar workers. This is not only visible in a number of differences in the reciprocal rights and obligations of the employer and the employee. You will also notice this...
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New Rules on Posted Workers to Belgium
Belgium welcomes the third highest number of posted workers in the European Union. Employers sending posted workers to Belgium face obligations and liabilities according to the stipulations of the EU Posted Workers Directive. These obligations include prior...
Easy Wage Indexation 2024 for JIC 200
Easy wage indexation 2024, after giant indexation 2023. Employers in Joint Industrial Committee 200 (JIC 200) are relieved and look to the future with a positive outlook. The System Every January, the salaries of employees in companies in Joint Industrial Committee...
Gigantic high wage indexation 2023: 11% and more
The wage indexation 2023 is gigantic high. Each year in January, there is wage indexation and salary indexation for blue collar employees and white collar employees working in private sector industries in Belgium. In 2023, the indexation is gigantic high, the largest...
Mandatory Work Regulations for Employees: Payroll Pitfall nr 3
Why an Employer's Obligation? In this post, we want to focus on the Belgian employers obligation to keep work regulations, also called "workers regulations" or "arbeidsreglement" (in Dutch) or "réglement de travail" (in French). The legal provisions are found in the...
Practical Blog about Employment Law in Belgium
The Challenge Facing Employers in Belgium Compliance with Belgian social law, employment law, payroll law and immigration law is a major challenge for many foreign employers seeking to hire staff in Belgium. In this Western European country located on the North Sea...
Wage Indexation 2022 JIC 200 Surprising
Each year in January, there is an index adjustment of the salaries for the employees resorting under Joint Committee for Industry 200 (JIC 200). This year, employers in JIC 200 are particularly surprised by the 2022 wage indexation in Belgium. You have to know that...