Fact sheets – dispute resolution methods, arbitration & mediation
Today, at the occasion of the Conflict Resolution Day, our Dispute Resolution Team releases two other fact sheets about Dispute Resolution Methods and Arbitration in Belgium.
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/fact-sheets-dispute-resolution-methods-arbitration-mediation
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/fsma-and-centre-cyber-security-publish-guidance-management-cybersecurity-risks
FSMA and centre for cyber security publish guidance for the management of cybersecurity risks
Just in time for Cyber Security Month: the FSMA has published, in collaboration with the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium, a document on the basic principles for the management of cybersecurity risks.
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/cookies-pre-checked-box-does-not-constitute-valid-consent
Cookies: pre-checked box does not constitute a valid consent
On 1 October 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on a number of preliminary questions addressed to it by the German Bundesgerichtshof regarding the concept of consent by a data subject to the processing of (personal) data by means of cookies and the duty of information incumben
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/right-be-forgotten-google-wins-landmark-cases-ecj
The right to be forgotten: google wins landmark cases before ECJ
In its judgements of 24 September 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that "de-referencing" is limited to just European Union domains and that Google does not have to remove search results simply because they contain sensitive information. This is not the first time that Google has de
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/increased-monitoring-case-cross-border-posting-personnel
Increased monitoring in case of cross-border posting of personnel
Posting of employees by an employer to a third party who uses the employees and exercises employer’s authority over them is in principle prohibited (Article 31, § 1 of the Temporary Employment Act).
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/ecj-clarifies-relationship-between-protection-granted-copyright-law-and-design-law
The ECJ clarifies the relationship between the protection granted by copyright law and by design law
In its judgement of 12 September 2019, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) ruled that copyright protection may not be granted to designs on the sole ground that they produce a specific aesthetic effect. The case concerned two companies active in the sector of design, production and sale of clot
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/back-hr-few-points-attention-hr-manager-autumn
Back to HR: a few points of attention for the HR manager for the autumn
Summertime is the slack season for social law. This was not different this year. There was almost no legislation published with significant relevance for employers. An exception is the new regulation on training leave for employees working in Flanders.
- https://www.lydian.be/en/events
Events
19/05/2026 Eerste hulp bij contractbreuk: een overzicht van de concrete actiemogelijkheden voor ondernemingen
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/new-incoterms-2020
New incoterms 2020
On 1 January 2020, the new Incoterms® 2020 entered into force. If agreed between trading parties, these terms set out the mutual obligations of the buyer and the seller with regard to the delivery of goods. Apart from structural and visual enhancements to the Incoterms, such as more instruct
- https://www.lydian.be/en/news/alternative-solutions-after-exit-mobility-allowance
Alternative solutions after exit mobility allowance
The mobility allowance (or cash for car) is a cash amount that an employee receives in exchange for handing in the company car. The allowance is advantageous from a parafiscal point of view.