Unified status – Immediate and practical action points
Download On 1 January 2014, the law on the unified employee status, published in the Belgian official gazette of 26 December 2013, came into effect. We would hereby like to draw your attention to some practical implications which in our view should be on any employer’s to-do list. Take a picture! For those employees already
Unified statute for white and blue-collar workers
First legal step taken by the Council of Ministers During its meeting of 27 September 2013, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft act regarding the unified statute for white and blue-collar workers. This draft act constitutes a first important step in the legal enactment of the political agreement which was reached in the
Unified statute for white and blue-collar workers
As you (probably) know, in 2011 the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that the different treatment between blue and white-collar workers is discriminatory as there is no justification to do so. Although the Court’s decision concerned two specific features (notice period and sick days), it is generally expected that also other distinctions between blue and white-collar