Well, a lot in fact! A number of new provisions are taking effect at the start of the new year and we have tried to summarise them for you in one little blog post. Our New Year’s gift to you!
1. Extended information obligations in the event of a transfer of an undertaking
As from 1 February 2025, changes to national Collective Labour Agreement nr. 32 bis (“CLA 32bis” – Belgium’s equivalent to TUPE) will enter into force, increasing the involvement of the new employer (transferee) in the information and consultation process.
Going forward, at the request of the employee representatives or individual employees involved in the transfer, the transferor must communicate the information required to be given as part of the process to the transferee as well. This information sharing must occur during the information and consultation process with the employee representatives or individual employees, and prior to the transfer.
In addition, the transferor must invite the transferee to introduce themselves to the employees or their representatives during the information and consultation process. This invitation must be issued in a timely manner during the information and consultation process, and in any case before the transfer. While there was previously no obligation to do this, in practice it was already quite common for the transferee to have a meeting with the employee representatives and/or the transferring employees ahead of the actual transfer date. CLA 32bis now codifies this...
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