Last update: 06/07/2020
The Employment law department of Van Olmen & Wynant provides you with a practical overview in which it answers more than 50 frequently asked questions relating to the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak for Belgian employment law.
This FAQ will be updated regularly and can be downloaded for free below.
The questions relate to:
- Prevention measures
- Treatment of ill employees
- Privacy issues
- Mandatory closure
- Telework
- Temporary unemployment
- The continuation of social dialogue
- The postponement of the social elections
- Measures relating to the payment of social security contributions
The information in this document applies to the private sector and offers some specific comments on the situation of contractual employees in the public sector but it does not include the situation of civil servants. However, we would like to draw your attention to the memo on the impact of coronavirus on the public sector (in French only) written by VOW partner Vincent Vuylsteke.
For information on the situation in other countries, please visit L&E Global’s dedicated Coronavirus in a Flash microsite.