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Purchasing power bonus: delay for issue of consumption vouchers
Still want to pay your employees a purchasing power bonus? The deadline has been postponed by several months, but do not leave it too long to get prepared.
Read more2024 Employee representative elections: day X-60 is drawing near
How are the 2024 employee representative elections to be organised? What happens on day x-60 and what are your obligations as an employer? We list a number of key issues that will give you a clear picture about the further steps to be taken as a company in the run-up to the 2024 employee representative elections.
Read moreThe special tax regime for foreign executives and specialists will be phased out
On 1 January 2022, the special tax regime for foreign executives will be amended. Thanks to this information, you can now check whether your current or future employees can join the new BBIB/BBIO.
Read moreThe Whistleblowing Directive: deadline approaches
The European Whistleblowing Directive now also applies in Belgium. Organisations with at least 50 employees have been required to set up an internal reporting system since 15 February 2023. Does your company’s workforce range from anywhere from 50 up to 249 employees? In that case, you still have until 17 December 2023 to set up a whistleblower reporting channel.
Read moreThe mobility budget is to have an official calculation formula
Good news for companies that wish to implement the mobility budget: the government has published an official formula to calculate the amount of the annual mobility budget. This comes with a view to raising transparency in order to hopefully further increase mobility budgets.
Read morePurchasing power bonus as a little extra employee perk
After the corona bonus, at the end of 2022 the federal government decided that companies that turn a handsome profit should be allowed to pay their employees a one-off purchasing power bonus. This little extra comes in the form of consumption vouchers. Find out why it is a rewarding decision for employers to award the bonus.
Read moreBudget agreement: which measures affect employers?
On 9 October 2023, the federal government reached an agreement on the 2024 budget. On the industrial relations front, they agreed on a number of labour market reforms which should help bring about employees working longer or returning to work, making work more rewarding and keeping the labour market competitive. These agreements are to be turned into legislation over the period ahead. Based on the information currently available to us, we are happy to already provide you with a run-down of what this could mean for you.
Read moreThe cafeteria plan: what are the most popular benefits?
The cafeteria plan, also known as flexible reward, is a way of giving your employees a say in the make-up of their pay package. As an employer, you establish the benefits you are offering and allow your employees to pick and mix from the range of benefits on offer. In doing so, the pay package better suits employees’ personal needs, with everybody choosing whether or not they wish to join the plan. A cafeteria plan is also budget-neutral: there are additional costs as an employer, but the wage cost remains unchanged. Which makes this a real win-win, as your employees get more value (and appreciation) for the same money.
Read moreIs the right to disconnect effectively being implemented or does it exist only on paper?
Disconnecting is about being able to switch off from work, something we can all do with. How do you go about implementing this in such a way that it works?
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