Over the last few weeks you may have been bombarded with fliers and alerts on the many recent changes to Belgian employment laws. A lot of changes indeed, but what do they mean for you, and what do you need to do? In this post, we have cut away all the details to come to the essence of what should (and what need not) be added to your to do list for the coming weeks.
What it Tays – By 1 January 2023, all companies employing 20 or more employees must draft a policy on the right for employees to disconnect outside of working hours. Employers have a reasonable degree of latitude around content in the policy, as long as it is built around three pillars:
an overview of how to exercise the right to disconnect,
guidelines for using digital tools (essentially phone and laptop) in a way that serves the right to disconnect, and
raising awareness around the use of and risks inherent in those digital tools.
What you may need to do – A policy will have to be agreed with the employees, either via the works council or, if you don’t have one, through a change to the employee handbook. Since changing the employee handbook requires at least 15 days’ notice of the draft changes, early December is really the last point by which you need to have a draft policy ready.
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