VOW Partner Chris Van Olmen has authored the Belgian Chapter in the 12th edition of the internationally recognised The Employment Law Review, which is published by The Law Reviews/Law Business Research and can also be found on Lexology.
This chapter looks at the recent changes in labour law as well as the most important cases before the Belgian courts in 2020. Further, it gives a concise overview of Belgian employment law and its most important rules regarding the employment relationship, restrictive convenants, wages, working time, foreign workers, global policies, parental leave, translation, employee representation, data protection, dismissals and transfer of business.
The book also contains contributions on relevant topics like the challanges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global impact of the #MeToo Movement, employment issues in cross-border M&A Transactions, global diversity, social media and religious discrimination. In addition to Belgium, the Employment Law Review includes chapters on employment law in 43 different countries.
Feel free to download the Belgian chapter for free below and have a look at the official website of the book.