1. What individual information must employers in Belgium provide to workers under this chapter?
Employers in Belgium must give workers a detailed set of individual information covering identity of parties, work location, job function, start date, end date for fixed-term contracts, remuneration details, trial period terms, and rules on working hours depending on whether schedules are fixed or variable.
2. What are the requirements in Belgium for informing workers about work locations?
Employers in Belgium must state the place of work or explain that work occurs in various locations. They must also provide rules for travel between sites or refer to work regulations, along with the employer’s registered office or home address if applicable.
3. What job-related details must employers in Belgium disclose to workers?
Employers in Belgium must specify the worker’s main function, title, grade, or category of work. If this is insufficient to determine remuneration or working conditions, they must also give characteristics or a brief description of the work.
4. What employment-start and end information must employers in Belgium provide?
Employers in Belgium must share the start date of the employment relationship, and for fixed-term contracts, the planned end date or expected duration.
5. What remuneration details must employers in Belgium communicate to workers?
Employers in Belgium must specify the basic salary, all additional components, extra-legal social security benefits, and the method and frequency of payment or refer to applicable legal or collective agreements that regulate these elements.
6. What trial-period information must employers in Belgium provide?
Employers in Belgium must state the duration and terms of the trial period when applicable, ensuring the worker understands any conditions linked to it.
7. What information must employers in Belgium provide when a worker has a fixed work schedule?
Employers in Belgium must provide start and end times of regular workdays, rest intervals, regular days off, rules for overtime, related pay, team-change rules, or refer to the work regulations where these details appear.
8. What must employers in Belgium disclose when a worker has a variable schedule?
Employers in Belgium must explain that hours are variable, the number of hours in the schedule, rules for overtime, the daily window for assigning schedules, the days schedules may be set, and how and when the worker will be notified.
9. What collective information must be included in work rules for employees in Belgium?
Employers in Belgium must include details on training rights, annual leave duration and procedures, rules for ending employment, time limits for appeals against dismissal, relevant collective agreements, the competent joint body, and the social security institution collecting contributions.
10. What additional information must Belgium employers provide when workers are assigned abroad for more than four weeks?
Belgium employers must specify the country or countries of work, expected duration, payment currency, any task-related benefits, and whether repatriation is arranged and how it is handled.
11. What information must Belgium employers provide to workers posted to EU Member States?
Belgium employers must give remuneration details applicable in the host state, any secondment-related allowances and reimbursement rules, and a link to the host country’s official national website.
12. How must employers in Belgium transmit required employment information to workers?
Employers in Belgium may provide information through written or electronic documents, including employment contracts or separate documents. The worker must be able to store and print the information, and the employer must keep proof of transmission or receipt.
13. By when must Belgium employers provide the required information to workers?
Employers in Belgium must give all mandatory information no later than the worker’s first day of employment or before departure if the worker will work in another country.
14. How must employers in Belgium handle modifications to previously provided information?
Employers in Belgium must communicate any change in the provided information, except changes caused by legal or collective agreement updates. Modifications must be issued as amendments and delivered no later than the day they take effect.
