| 09:00 |
Registration and coffee
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| 09:30 |
An overview of the employment law framework in Belgium
- An introduction to Belgian employment law: examining the legal system and the social framework
- The generation pact: what this means for employers
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| 10:15 |
Getting started: recruiting staff and making employment contracts
- Getting to grips with key recruitment issues: non discrimination; asking personal questions; checking for criminal records; references
- Understanding the different types of employment contracts and related terms
- Key terms in employment contracts: language; duration; trial periods; non competition; notice periods
- Typical benefits
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| 11:15 |
Coffee
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| 11:30 |
Collective bargaining and trade unions
- Appreciating the role of trade unions in Belgium and how this impacts HR
- Understanding the terms of collective bargaining agreements
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| 12:00 |
Day to day employee management
- Working time: key considerations
- Dealing with absence and performance
- Discipline and grievances
- Suspension of the employment contract: justified absences
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| 12:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 |
Employee Representation
- Social elections and sanctions
- Employee representative rights
- Union delegation
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| 14:15 |
Termination of employment
- Ways of terminating employment and general dismissal protection
- Information and consultation
- Notice periods
- Specific entitlements for older workers
- Employment tribunals and claims
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| 15:00 |
Tea
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| 15:15 |
Discrimination law
- How does the legislation in Belgium differ to the UK position
- Bullying and harassment
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| 15:45 |
What’s on the horizon?
- Future developments in labour law
- Concerns for employers
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| 16:30 |
End of seminar
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