In a ruling of 8 July 2021, the Constitutional Court held that it is not discriminatory to hold a main contractor jointly and severally liable for the social security debts of his subcontractor if his...
The Flemish authorities have recently expanded the list of exceptions to the mandatory intervention of an architect. This article is available in Dutch and French....
Schoups has advised Colruyt and Credendo with their entry into Digiteal, a fintech company specialized in invoicing and payment solutions. Read more via the press releases: De Tijd , Le Soir and La Li...
We are pleased to announce that Stefaan Wauman, Ewoud Willaert and Christine Heeb have been appointed partners at Schoups effective 1 July 2021. Stefaan – who joined the firm in 2019 – has extensive e...
In connection with a payment dispute between a main contractor and subcontractor, the Ghent Business Court, Ghent division, submitted the preliminary question to the Constitutional Court whether artic...
At construction sites with a total cost of more than EUR 500,000, a large number of people are required to register their attendance via the online service « checkinatwork ». According to the law, arc...
Guidelines for compulsory telework in connection with the corona crisis have recently been relaxed. So that’s good news for all those who are growing weary of so much telework: Since 9 June 2021, it i...
On 16 December 2020 the Federal Mediation Commission replaced the existing code of conduct for accredited mediators with a « Code of Ethics for Accredited Mediators » . Enkele nieuwe bepalingen trekke...
The legislator has been working for some time on an overall reform and modernisation of Belgian civil law. This will be reflected in a new Civil Code, two books of which have already been completed. O...
The Law of 21 March 2021 amending book XX of the Code of Economic Law introduced a few innovations in insolvency law, which we discussed in our newsletter of 22 March 2021. In de Wet werd voorzien dat...
The obligations concerning privacy and data protection imposed upon the employer vis-à-vis former employees who have left the company, for instance due to dismissal/resignation, are not always clear. ...
You have no doubt read it in the press: The Antwerp Labour Court of Appeal has ordered, in appeal, professional cyclist Wout van Aert to pay no less than EUR 662,000 in damages to his former cycling t...