De wettelijke intrestvoeten stijgen fors! Vanaf 1 januari 2023 zal de gewone wettelijke intrestvoet stijgen van 1,5 % naar maar liefst 5,25 %. De intrestvoet voor handelstransacties stijgt van 8% naar 10,50%. Het was te verwachten dat de intrestvoeten zouden stijgen maar dat er zo’n gigantische stijging zou worden vastgelegd, wekt toch een beetje verbazing. […]
Working from home is mandatory, don’t forget the mandatory certificate/attestation for those who do work at the office! From today, 2ndofNovember 2020, it will be compulsory again to work from home (teleworking), unless you cannot do otherwise and your employer has a certificate. The new Ministerial Decree1that enters into force today 2ndofNovember 2020 brings […]
Legal interim managers do not belong to a regulated profession. The IBJ (Institute of Company Lawyers) is seeking to include them in the rank of company lawyers (“bedrijfsjuristen”). Would this be a step forward for legal interim managers? According to the IBJ Act of 2000, as amended in 2010, membership of the IBJ is […]
Are you still chasing handwritten signatures? Maybe it’s time to change that. Since the use of the electronic signature is on the rise, we’ve answered 5 questions you might ask when you consider to start using electronic signature software. Are electronic signatures enforceable in all European member […]
GDPR UPDATE Six lessons to learn from the decisions of the Data Protection Authority Since April 2, 2019 The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has taken a dozen decisions. We can learn six lessons from these decisions: Respond (timely) to requests for access, rectification, erasure In a case about a request for access, the federal […]
The law of 4 April 2019 introduced three new sets of rules on companies in Belgium: A ban on unfair market practices which has been in force since 1 September 2019, from 1 June 2020 it will be prohibited to abuse the economic dependence on a weaker contracting party and finally from 1 December 2020 […]
Deadline UBO-register In het verleden was het niet eenvoudig te achterhalen wie de aandeelhouders achter een vennootschap waren, de aandelenregisters zijn namelijk niet publiek. De overheid zou in de zeer nabije toekomst echter graag zicht hebben op wie de mensen juist zijn die er het meeste baat bij hebben dat een vennootschap goede cijfers haalt, […]
Very pregnant employee who falls sick still loses maternity leave days At the beginning of this year one of my colleagues had to stay home for a few days due to the flu. Nothing exceptional, except that she was supposed to give birth three weeks later. As usual, she went to the doctor who […]
According to a recent decision of the European Court of Justice, all European countries must ensure that every employer has a system in place to measure the duration of time worked each day by each worker (blue and white collar). In a statement of May 14 The Court declared: “in order to ensure the […]
Panderim is LIVE! Panderim stands for Personal Affordable & Digital recruiting for interim management. With Panderim we, Tom Peeters and Dennis Rombout, have created an online registration platform where interim managers and companies can find each other easily and discreetly. Our platform focuses on Legal and IT projects, because that is our expertise. Why Panderim? […]
