Author: Christophe Wathion (PwC Legal)Publication date: 26/04/2021 The reorganisation procedure aims to provide an opportunity for undertakings facing financial difficulties to continue their business and activities and is governed by the provisions in book XX of the Belgian Economic Law Code (“ELC”) (previously the procedure was provided in the Belgian
Authors: Bart Elias, Pascale Moreau en Nadja De Bie (PwC Legal)Publication date: 14/04/2021 With effect as of 1 January 2021, the coordination rules on social security for new cross-border employment situations between the UK and the EU are laid down in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which includes a Protocol
Authors: Bart Elias and Pascale Moreau (PwC Legal) Publication date: 22/07/2020 The coronavirus has led governments all over the world to temporarily oblige teleworking whenever and wherever possible. Also in Belgium teleworking became the new normal during this global pandemic. Today, measures to fight the coronavirus are gradually being lifted,
Auteur: Frank Ruelens (PwC Legal) Publicatiedatum: 15/02/2020 Since the new "single" process for obtaining the right to work (more than 90 days) and to live has been installed in Belgium as from 2019 as a result of an EU Directive, the delay in the complex process has been considerable. It
Auteur: Frank Ruelens (PwC Legal) Publicatiedatum: 15/02/2020 De sociaalzekerheidsrechtelijke situatie van zelfstandigen in België is de laatste jaren gevoelig verbeterd en de verschillen met een werknemer zijn kleiner geworden: één van de redenen hiervoor is dat de Federale overheid geen voorstander is van een nieuw apart statuut voor bepaalde "nieuwe"
Authors: Bart Elias and Pascale Moreau (PwC Legal) Publication date: 06/01/2020 The start of a new year: a time for reflection on the previous year, new year’s resolutions… and office parties. Office parties are fun occasions during which colleagues can bond over snacks and a couple of glasses of something
Author: PwC Legal Publication date: 13/12/2019 All 3 Regional Authorities have increased the minimum salary thresholds for work and/or single permit holders. Please find below an overview of the increased salary thresholds for 2020: Flanders Region Brussels & Wallloon Region Highly qualified employee EUR 42,696 gross/year* EUR 42,869 gross/year Managerial employee EUR 68,314 gross/year EUR
Authors: Bart Elias, Pascale Moreau and Nadja De Bie (PwC Legal) Publication date: 04/11/2019 Last week, the EU27 complied with the UK’s request for a Brexit “flextension” until 31 January 2020. Although PM Johnson was able to get a majority vote on his new Brexit deal two weeks ago, the MPs rejected PM Johnson’s timetable
Auteur: PwC Legal Publicatiedatum: 30/10/2019 Werken in onroerende staat die de omvorming, de renovatie, de rehabilitatie, verbetering, de herstelling of het onderhoud tot voorwerp hebben, kunnen onder bepaalde voorwaarden onderworpen worden aan het verlaagd btw-tarief van 6 %. Onlangs verkondigde de Orde van Architecten in de media dat “meer dan
Author: PwC Legal Publication date: 09/10/2019 Now that summer has passed, days are getting colder and darker and the common cold and flu season is back, employers see themselves faced with a larger number of employees becoming sick. What happens when an employee is not yet fit to return to