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Start your own Business Seminar : 20 May 2021

2021-06-15T12:08:20+00:00

Start your own business in Belgium - Online Edition Thursday 20 May 2021 Welcome to the 2021 edition of Belgium's premier business start up event. This event is dedicated to helping you set up your business in Belgium. This half day seminar takes you through all the practical and essential steps you need to take to get your business up and running. Local Knowledge has teamed up with ING, The Bulletin, Group S and LBBH to bring you expert advice on how to start your own business in Belgium. Once again this event is running as an interactive webinar – read on for more details. Registration is free but compulsory. Date: 20 May 2021 Platform – Webinar – Room opens 13h45 14h00 Opening session: Introduction to the format and the speakers 14h10 Keynote - hear from a local entrepreneur 14h40 Each expert introduces their subject - company structures, social security for self-employed, tax matters, banking and finance. 15h00 Parallel break out rooms - you move from session to session to get more information on each of the issues that interest you. We also have a facilitated networking room where you can chat informally to other participants. Post your questions in the chat session [...]

Start your own Business Seminar : 20 May 20212021-06-15T12:08:20+00:00

Working from home – here’s how to stay sane!

2021-04-14T16:22:44+00:00

The Louvain4Work team have produced a new paper on staying sane while working from home. Composed of an interdisciplinary consortium of UCLouvain professors and researchers who study different aspects of work in the context of their research the short guide contains some useful tips on how to cope with this prolonged period of home working. You can read the report here: Tips on Working from Home and find out more about their work here: www.uclouvain.be/louvain4work

Working from home – here’s how to stay sane!2021-04-14T16:22:44+00:00

All temporary unemployment measures rolled forward to 30 June 2021

2021-04-14T11:34:59+00:00

Employers can continue to use the Corona temporary unemployment measures but only if they have used the scheme for at least 20% of regular working hours during April, May and June 2020. If not, they need to use the regular temporary unemployment scheme which requires proof of loss of revenue. These new rules have not yet been published in the Official Journal but they are expected to come in the coming days. Source: SDWorx

All temporary unemployment measures rolled forward to 30 June 20212021-04-14T11:34:59+00:00

Quarantine after your summer holidays?

2020-07-24T07:43:05+00:00

What happens if one of your employees has to quarantine for two weeks when they get back from holiday? If she or he can't work from home then his/her employment contract is considered to be suspended for the duration of the quarantine. You can hire a temp or a student to fill in for the duration of the quarantine period.   Source: Partena Professional

Quarantine after your summer holidays?2020-07-24T07:43:05+00:00

Special corona parental leave for May/June 2020

2020-05-05T15:09:47+00:00

Employees who have been working for at least one month can reduce their working schedule by 1/5th or ½ for their children under 12, during the period from 1st May to 30th June 2020 included. This coronavirus parental leave won’t be deducted from their regular parental leave entitlement and the ONEM allowance will be 25% higher. The employer should approve the leave first; the employee must submit a request 3 days prior to the beginning of the leave. Find out more: https://www.onem.be/fr/nouveau/conge-parental-corona Source : ONEM

Special corona parental leave for May/June 20202020-05-05T15:09:47+00:00

Start your own Business Seminar 2020

2021-04-14T11:21:40+00:00

Start your own business in Belgium - Online Edition Thursday 14 May 2020 Welcome to 2020 edition of Belgium's premier business start up event. This event is dedicated to helping you set up your business in Belgium. This half day seminar takes you through all the practical and essential steps you need to take to get your business up and running. Local Knowledge has teamed up with ING, The Bulletin, Group S and LBBH to bring you expert advice on how to start your own business in Belgium. We’re adapting to the times and running the event as an interactive webinar this year – read on for more details. Registration is free but compulsory. Date: 14 May 2020 Platform – Webinar – Room opens 13h30 14h00 Opening session with Anne-Sofie van den Born 14h30 Types of company & freelancer structure in Belgium (Local Knowledge) 15h00 Self-employment & social security (Group S) 15h30 Tax matters (LBBH) 16h00 Banking and finance ING) 16h30 Open session: Ask an expert Key features Our audience is free to come and go as they please so it is not a requirement to attend all sessions – you can zoom in on the sessions that are of interest to you We will [...]

Start your own Business Seminar 20202021-04-14T11:21:40+00:00

Employing students

2020-04-26T11:57:07+00:00

As you know, it is relatively inexpensive to employ students in Belgium because you and they pay less social security than other employees – the employer pays 5.42 % of gross salary and the student pays 2,71 %. From now on however the ONSS may ask you to provide proof that the person you employ is actually a student. So when you’re setting everything up, make sure to ask them to provide a proof of their student status and keep a copy on file.   Source: SDWorx

Employing students2020-04-26T11:57:07+00:00

Belgian Ministry of Finance postpones all reporting and payment deadlines

2020-03-19T20:07:25+00:00

The Belgian Federal Ministry of Finance has just announced a series of measures for  all self-employed people ('independent') to help us through the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for quarterly VAT submissions has been postponed until 7 May 2020 (instead of 20 April) The payment of your VAT is automatically delayed by two months, without risking a fine, until the 20 June 2020 The payment of your withholding tax is also automatically delayed, until the 15 June 2020 The deadline for income and corporate taxes will be postponed by 2 months too The submission of your client listing has been postponed until the 30 April 2020 The deadline for the intra-EU listing has been postponed until 7 May 2020 These delaying measures can also be combined with other extended payment terms that you may already be benefiting from or have applied for. More details in French: https://finances.belgium.be/fr/Actualites/18-03-2020-coronavirus-mesures-soutien-supplementaires More details in Dutch: https://financien.belgium.be/nl/Actueel/18-03-2020-coronavirus-bijkomende-steunmaatregelen Source: Accountable.be

Belgian Ministry of Finance postpones all reporting and payment deadlines2020-03-19T20:07:25+00:00

Coronavirus action points for employers

2020-03-20T16:02:14+00:00

If your business has collapsed or is experiencing a dramatic decrease in sales following the special measures introduced in Belgium on 13 March you can temporarily make your staff unemployed. They will be immediately eligible for unemployment benefit (65% of salary up to €2754.76 per month) for a period of up to 3 months (this can be extended if necessary).th […]

Coronavirus action points for employers2020-03-20T16:02:14+00:00