Eén van de gekende gevolgen van de Covid 19-crisis is een spectaculaire, en blijvende, toename van het thuiswerk. Het thuiswerk leidt tot vele juridische vragen van verscheidene aard, zeker in een internationale context. Eén van die vragen is of thuiswerk van een werknemer in zijn/haar ... Read More
The Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia regions have published the new minimum annual gross salary amounts for 2024 for some categories of work and single permits. Compliance with the annual gross salary thresholds is crucial, not only to obtain new permits for employment as of 2024, but also ... Read More
Just like last year the Flemish, Brussels and Walloon region have published their new minimum salary thresholds for 2023 for work and single permits. Depending on the region and the category of employee (such as highly skilled employees, artists, executives, …) different thresholds will ... Read More
Several thousands (45.300 on 31 May 2022) Ukrainian nationals and some of their family members reside in Belgium with a temporary protection status until, for the time being, 4 March 2023. From an immigration perspective these individuals were already allowed to work in Belgium as employees ... Read More
The administrative fee, payable when filing a visa D application (national long stay visa) or a local residence application (for residence of more than 3 months), was introduced by law in 2015 to cover the cost for the processing of these applications by the Belgian federal immigration office. ... Read More
Déjà annoncée par l'ONSS dans ses instructions administratives, l'arrêté royal exonérant de cotisations de sécurité sociale les indemnités de frais vient d'être publié au Moniteur belge ce 30 mars 2022. Il est désormais acquis que les indemnités de frais sont exonérées de ... Read More
Following the Russian military offensive in Ukraine, many Ukrainians are fleeing to neighboring countries including Belgium. This of course raises questions regarding the position of these Ukrainians who recently arrived in Belgium or Ukrainians who already have been staying in Belgium for a ... Read More
Any foreign third country national who wants to perform activities as a self-employed worker in Belgium must apply for a professional card (as opposed to a work/single permit for employees). As of 1 January 2022 Flanders will have its own legislation regarding professional cards for ... Read More
The European Directive 2014/66/EU (the so-called “ICT-Directive”) has finally been implemented in Belgian legislation. Following the entry into force of the Law of 31 July 2020 amending the Law of 15 December 1980 introducing the legal framework of intra-corporate transfers (hereinafter ... Read More
The Flemish, Brussels and Wallonia regions have announced their new minimum salary thresholds for 2022 for work and single permits. Different thresholds will apply depending on the region and type of employee (such as highly skilled employees, executives,…). As of 1 January 2022, the ... Read More