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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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Ronde van de Rechtsstaat - Opendeur van de vier hoge rechtscolleges Brussel - 25 oktober 2025

In het kader van de Europese dag voor Justitie zetten de vier hoge rechtscolleges hun deuren open: Grondwettelijk Hof, Hof van Cassatie, Raad van State en het Rekenhof. VRG-Alumni…

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De vernieuwde stageovereenkomst

Op 10 oktober 2025 trad het gewijzigde artikel 31 bis van de Codex Deontologie voor Advocaten in werking. Dat betekent dat alle stageovereenkomsten – zowel nieuwe als lopende – uit…

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EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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CTRL + SHIFT + INVOICE­: The 2026 E-volution

Imagine... You run a small but thriving Belgian design agency. Your days ar…

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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!

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Global rise of Buy Now Pay Later: state of play in Belgium

Deferred payment methods, often called “Buy Now Pay Later (“BNPL”) solutions”, allow customers to acquire goods immediately while spreading the paymen…

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Renouncing BE-REIT or FIIS status: the Ruling Commission clarifies the tax consequences

In a press release dated 12 May 2021, Leasinvest Real Estate announced its intention to give up its public regulated real estate investment compa…

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Extension of mourning leave approved by Parliament

On 17 June 2021, the Federal Parliament (Chamber of Representatives) has approved the extension of the so-called "mourning leave" …

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Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | Violation of the mask obligation in the workplace

Q: Jos, your employee, gets too excited about a Kevin De Bruyne goal and drops his mask. Other workers complain and, unfortunately, Jos also turned ou…

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Assignment of a right in rem or a public procurement contract: on which side of the court will the ball fall?

Determining the boundaries of public procurement law is a notoriously difficult task, especially when it comes to transactions involving public real e…

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Further guidance from the ECJ on VAT exemption for the management of special investment funds

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the VAT exemption for the ‘management of special investment funds’ may under certain conditions also en…

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CJEU clarifies competence of non-lead supervisory authorities in cross-border GDPR infringements (C-645/19)

On 16 February 2018, the Brussels Court of First Instance condemned Facebook, including Facebook Ireland Limited and Facebook Inc., for having tracked…

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Belgian DPA: fines prohibited in the absence of a prior order to comply?

On 26 May 2021, the Belgian Market Court handed down a decision that may lead to much commentary: it set aside a fine issued by the Litigation Chamber…

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The ELTIF: amendments in the Belgian AIFM Law

On 19 April 2021, a draft law on diverse financial provisions (the “Draft Law”) was published. The Draft Law was adopted by the Parliament at the end …

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Q & A Employment Law - European Football Championship | Social benefits

Q: Can I offer a beer and wine box to our employees? Is this taxable and tax deductible?

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Loyers commerciaux en 2021 : comment bénéficier des deux « mesures Covid »

On sait désormais que la situation prolongée de la crise sanitaire a eu et aura – pendant encore pas mal de temps- un impact général négatif sur …

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Belgian Social Partners Reach Agreement on Four Key Social Topics

On Tuesday June 8, 2021, the Belgian Group of Ten (i.e., the consultative body of trade unions and employers, the “social partners”) reached…

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Overheidsopdrachten. Valse verklaringen van een derde op wiens draagkracht men beroep doet: automatische uitsl…

Het overheidsopdrachtenrecht laat kandidaten en inschrijvers toe om beroep te doen op derden teneinde de gestelde selectiecriteria te voldoen en dit o…

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Vaccinatiegegevens van personeel opvragen en bijhouden: mag dat? Op het kruispunt tussen arbeidsrecht en de GD…

De vaccinatiecampagne draait op volle toeren, waardoor de kans toeneemt dat u als werkgever wordt geconfronteerd met een werknemer die zich (eventueel…

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What is the best way to settle a dispute? Court proceedings or mediation?

Mediation is now on everyone's lips and is increasingly becoming an effective way to settle disputes that may arise between two or more parties.

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Checklist voorbereiding en implementatie procedure klokkenluiders

Werknemers spelen als klokkenluider een sleutelrol bij het onthullen en voorkomen van inbreuken op belangrijke wetgeving door de onderneming of de org…

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The mid-year review - what should you do when your employee is underperforming?

For a company to work effectively, an employer needs to be able to rely on committed, motivated and capable employees. Many employers organise mid-yea…

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Can employers grant employees a one-off results-based bonus to incentivize them to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

The Belgian Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (FPS) is of the opinion that it would, in principle, not be possible to gran…

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Employee party in the company building

We organise a party of freedom linked to a match of the Red Devils on our company premises. What rules do we observe? And in the open air?

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Communication in response to employee departures: limit yourself to the essentials

In the context of the execution of an employment contract, an employer is permitted to inform its employees about the mere fact that an employment con…

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