Belgian Government approves new socio-economic measures Last Saturday, April 11, the Inner Cabinet, extended to include the representatives of the ten parties met in a virtual meeting to approve a serie of decrees with socio-economic measures in addition to those already approved to combat the effects of the coronavirus. Details of the additional measures: Withholdings […]
On April 8th, The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg hosted the first event in the series “Breakfasts with the Eurocámara”, a meeting platform between Spanish companies and the European Parliament, on “The priorities of the International Trade Committee (INTA) for the new legislature” with the MEPs and members of the International […]
On April 1st and 2nd, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, organized an online workshop on “Communication for EU projects”, in collaboration with the member company Vision Communication. This workshop, divided in two 4 hour sessions, was taught in English and featured with an international audience. During the first session a […]
On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers approved new support measures against coronavirus, especially for the most vulnerable groups. One of them is an extraordinary allowance for people whose “contract has been terminated and do not have the minimum time required to claim unemployment benefit”, as detailed by the Vice-President for Social Affairs and 2030 Agenda, […]
The article of the decree ordering to stay at home for non-essential workers, receiving the salary, details what it means to receive this recoverable paid leave and under which conditions it is necessary to retrieve the days not worked. Does not apply to people with temporary labour force adjustment plan (TLFAP) (in Spanish expediente de […]
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW What is the short-time work? Short-time working allows a company to avoid laying off its employees. The employees receive 80% of their salary from the company (this amount cannot be less than the minimum social wage or more than 250% of the minimum social wage). These amounts are fully covered […]
To limit the economic impact of the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak on both businesses and the economically unemployed, Flanders and Belgium have announced a series of measures to support all those who are financially affected by the coronavirus. Tax measures Postponement of the tax filing deadline. For VAT, corporate income tax, legal entities income tax and corporate income/non-resident tax, the filing deadline has been automatically postponed: VAT return and […]
Through this link you can find a brief summary of the main measures of this Economic Stabilisation Programme of the Government of Luxembourg due to Covid-19.
