Our “HR Law Focus” newsletter is released every time we judge that new legislation or case law might be important for your business. Besides the newsletter, we organise regularly “HR Law Focus” seminars: our next seminar is scheduled for 28 January 2014 with an overview of the most relevant legal developments for the HR practice.
Adaptation for 2014 of the salary amounts in the law on employment contracts, immigration and non-recurrent result-tied bonus.
On 1 January 2014, the salary amounts determined in the Law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts were adapted in accordance with the indexation rules.
As from 1 January 2014, the applicable amounts of annual remuneration are:
32,886 euro (legal base amount: 16,100 euro; 2013 amount: 32,254 euro);
39,422 euro (legal base amount: 19,300 euro; 2013 amount: 38,665 euro);
65,771 euro (legal base amount: 32,200 euro; 2013 amount: 64,508 euro)
These amounts determine, inter alia, the applicable rules for, the validity of a noncompetition, training or arbitration clause, the maximum amount of a financial guarantee and the applicability of the special categories in order to obtain a work permit.
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