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In collaboration with the IBJThe Belgian law of 18 May 2024 regulating private investigations marks a significant shift in the legal landscape for employers conducting internal investigations. This comprehensive reform replaces outdated legislation and introduces stricter compliance requirements, notably impacting data privacy and HR practices. Understanding these legal requirements is essential to avoid potential pitfalls and ensure that investigations are carried out in a lawful and efficient manner. 

In Collaboration with the IBJDuring this webinar we will dive into the European Directive on pay transparency that entered into force in June 2024 and has to be transposed for June 2026 in all EU Member States. This European Directive has the ambition to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women, for all employees in all sectors. The Directive brings significant new reporting obligations and assessment obligations on employers that the EU Member States will publish. How will you have to calculate the threshold to know if your company as an employer falls under the scope of the Directive? And what happens when there is a gap in the equal pay? What will you have to do as an employer? What kind of enforcement does the Directive foresee? Lastly, did you know that in the US there is an Equal Pay Act that has been in force since 1963? How has that statute been applied in the US and what are the differences and similarities with the European Directive? Our special US guest will teach us some interesting US-insights.  

In collaboration with the IBJ

In collaboration with the IBJ

The legislative framework for contract drafting is rapidly evolving. A revised Book of the Belgian Civil Code on obligations (which is likely to be adopted after the Easter holidays), a recent change in the law to combat late payment between companies, and the existing rules on B2B contracts in the Code of Economic law all need to be taken into account. 

In Collaboration with the IBJ Reserving a vacancy for male candidates only, or refusing to promote a pregnant woman? Of course, your company would never do such a thing - that is discrimination! But what about only advertising a vacancy internally in your company, so that employees can look for new colleagues from within their own networks? Well-intentioned, but perhaps also a form of discrimination?

The potential liability of directors is an issue that is more topical than ever, in particular in light of the new Belgian Companies and Associations Code, and the risks associated with taking up a director's mandate have been increasingly discussed in the press.

With the start of the digital age far behind us, the EU finally decided that the time was ripe to modernize its copyright framework legislation. The directive that was adopted in April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (2019/790) is Europe’s attempt to “make sure that consumers and creators can make the most of the digital world.”

With the start of the digital age far behind us, the EU finally decided that the time was ripe to modernize its copyright framework legislation. The directive that was adopted in April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (2019/790) is Europe’s attempt to “make sure that consumers and creators can make the most of the digital world.”

The Covid-19 crisis will have a considerable impact on the future of companies and how they organize their workforce.