News and events

The legal framework of the Belgian residential rental market is changing!

On 31 May 2018, Katrien Kempe and Valerie Dhooghe will present the current and future changes in residential lease legislation for the Flemish Region, the Brussels Capital Region and the Walloon Region in a seminar organized by Larcier. They will provide answers to, among others, the following questions: Who will be responsible for maintenance and repairs? What opportunities are created for renovation? What are the new rules regarding cohousing and student lease? What are the possibilities to terminate a lease agreement? What happens if a tenant dies?

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Cash for Car: The company car as medium of exchange for a mobility indemnity

On 15 March 2018, the Belgian Parliament finally adopted the draft bill which allows the employee, if they wish, to exchange their company car for a cash amount; a so-called mobility indemnity (‘Cash for Car’). In spite of the negative recommendation by the Council of State, the ‘Cash for Car’ system has retroactively entered into force on 1 January 2018.

The key characteristics of this new measure are analyzed below.

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K law publiceert een artikel over de naleving van de AVG

Tim Fransen en Mathias De Backer schreven een artikel voor het Nieuw Juridisch Weekblad (NJW) over de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (de “AVG” en beter bekend onder haar Engelse afkorting “GDPR”) die op 25 mei 2018 in werking treedt en tot doel heeft de manier waarop ondernemingen, overheden en organisaties omgaan met persoonsgegevens drastisch te wijzigen.

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Face Time brings ‘thought leaders’ to Kortrijk

K law and KPMG were proud to be lead sponsors of the 3rd edition of Face Time. This annual event focuses on the impact disruptive technologies have on businesses. Guest speakers were Peter Hinssen (Nexxworks), Koen Vingerhoets (KBC) and Jonathan Berte (Robovision). Congratulations to the Rotary Club; we were proud to be a part of organizing this event!

Newsflash: Career credits

As the social partners were not able to reach an agreement on an alternative framework, the legal rules provided in the law on workable and maneuverable work of 5 March 2017 (Law-Peeters) related to career credits came into force on 1 February 2018.

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Nieuw Wetboek van Vennootschappen en Verenigingen (deel 2)

Christophe Piette en Gieljan Van De Velde hebben onlangs de belangrijkste voorstellen van de voorgestelde hervorming van het Vennootschapsrecht toegelicht. In Deel 2 gaan zij dieper in op de voorstellen inzake het Verenigingsrecht. Het artikel is gepubliceerd in VZW Actueel, consulteerbaar via www.lexfin.be en kan u eveneens hieronder terugvinden:

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Tax & Legal Update Seminars

K law is pleased to invite you to our tax and legal updates which we will present to you together with KPMG Tax & Legal Advisers.

After several months of twists and turns on the tax reform front, the corporate income tax reform has been adopted on 25 December 2017. This reform is the most important of the last years and has redrawn the Belgian tax landscape since 1 January 2018.

While all the previous presentations have had to remain general, we can now finally examine the actual impact the various changes will have more in detail, based on the final texts.

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K law gives a seminar on the envisaged reform of the Belgian Companies’ Code

On 6 February 2018, Christophe Piette gave a three hour seminar on the envisaged and highly anticipated reform of the Belgian Companies’ Code. During the seminar Christophe discussed the proposed changes and their impact on companies and non-profit organizations.

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Newsflash: mystery calls

Op 11 januari 2018 heeft de Kamer een wetsontwerp goedgekeurd inzake de zogeheten “mystery calls”.

De mystery calls worden voorzien als een bijkomend handhavingsinstrument voor het opsporen van discriminatie door ondernemingen. In concreto moeten de mystery calls in laatste instantie gebruikt worden om bewijzen te bekomen voor een strafrechtelijke vervolging.

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Newsflash: mystery calls

On 11 January 2018, the Belgian parliament approved a government bill on the so-called "mystery calls".

The mystery calls are provided as an additional enforcement tool for detecting discrimination within companies. In concreto, the mystery calls must only be used as a last option to obtain evidence to be used in a criminal prosecution.

From the first day of the second month after publication of the law in the Belgian Official Gazette (still pending) the Chapter "Provisions for amendments to the Social Criminal Code" will enter into force.

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