http://www.laga.be daily 1 2008-10-04T07:16:18Z http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/un-informing-the-informed A new bill intends to rationalise information and documentation requirements during merger and demerger procedures. No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, private equity 2012-01-26T11:14:31Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/new-termination-legislation-work-regulations-to-be-adapted As announced in our Newsflash of 10 May 2011, the new termination legislation (1) entered into force on 1 January 2012. These new mandatory provisions on redundancy will be applicable to both blue collar and white collar workers employment contracts taking effect from 1 January 2012 onwards. No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Employment, Pensions & Benefits Employment, pensions & benefits Employment, social security & immigration law Employment, social security and immigration law 2012-01-23T10:36:51Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/new-tresholds-for-public-procurement-procedures-2012-2013 On 30 November 2011, the new European thresholds for public procurement procedures during the period 2012 – 2013 were announced (1). Although Belgian procurement legislation still needs to be modified accordingly, these thresholds are already fully applicable on all procedures that have started as of 1 January 2012. No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Public, administrative & environmental law Public, administrative and environmental law 2012-01-27T13:04:45Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/anything-posted-on-facebook-can-be-used-against-you On 17 November 2011, the Leuven labour court ruled in favour of the lawful dismissal for serious cause of an employee who posted comments on Facebook about the company he worked for No publisher ffonder Employment, Pensions & Benefits Employment, pensions & benefits Employment, social security & immigration law Employment, social security and immigration law 2011-12-12T10:36:00Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/replacement-of-public-holidays-in-2012-2013-be-on-time In Belgium, employees are not allowed to work on 10 official public holidays per year. In 2012, the 10 official public holidays will be as follows: No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Employment, Pensions & Benefits Employment, pensions & benefits Employment, social security & immigration law Employment, social security and immigration law 2011-11-22T10:56:50Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/social-security-agreement-between-belgium-and-argentina Belgium and Argentina recently signed a social security agreement which has been submitted for ratification. This agreement will have major consequences for the social security status of employees and self-employed persons who are subject to the Belgian or Argentinean social security scheme and who are localised in, or seconded to Argentina or Belgium. The agreement is open to all nationalities. No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Employment, Pensions & Benefits Employment, pensions & benefits Employment, social security & immigration law Employment, social security and immigration law 2011-11-16T13:16:12Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/complex-procurements-also-through-competitive-dialogue The highly anticipated measures establishing the competitive dialogue procedure for public procurement were published in the Belgian Official Journal on 23 September 2011(Royal decree of 12 September). As of 28 September 2011, this implementing decree allows awarding authorities subject to the rules of traditional sectors to apply this procedure for certain specific procurements. No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Public, administrative & environmental law Public, administrative and environmental law 2011-11-08T10:46:28Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/women-s-quota-in-belgian-corporate-law Published on 14 September 2011, the Law of 28 July 2011 (1) (hereafter “the Law”) guarantees women a minimum representation percentage in the board of directors. No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, private equity 2011-11-02T15:58:29Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/new-rights-during-criminal-investigation On 13 August 2011, the Belgian Parliament granted additional rights to suspects interrogated during a criminal investigation. With this important reform, Belgium aims to comply with European Court of Human Rights case law initiated by the “Salduz” ruling. No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Fraud and white-collar crime Commercial law and intellectual property Corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, private equity 2011-10-19T14:57:12Z News Item http://www.laga.be/newsroom/legal-news/new-fsma-study-on-the-application-of-the-corporate-governance-code On 27 September 2011, the FSMA (the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority) recently published a new study (1) on the application of the 2009 Belgian Corporate Governance Code by Belgian listed companies (i.e. 117 companies). No publisher ggeorgioubotaris Corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, private equity 2011-10-14T07:56:10Z News Item