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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White Collar Crimes
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
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