Every entrepreneur or director must consider individual agreements between employers and employees, or enter into agreements with different partners. It is essential for the cooperation between employers and employees, and between clients and independent contractors, to be defined and implemented in accordance with specific rules and regulations.
For instance, employers must ensure that foreign nationals comply with specific conditions or have the right permit. Account must also be taken of collective labour relations, which have a major impact on individual labour relations.
Social dialogue in Belgium is a highly complex mechanism, and a proper approach therefore calls for the necessary expertise with regard to applicable laws and regulations and negotiation procedures with trade unions.
Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven has the necessary expertise in labour law. Our services include:
Apart from the classical employer-employee relationship, there are several other ways of formalising the cooperation between independents and other commercial partners, such as management agreements, franchise agreements, distribution agreements, agreements with suppliers, commercial agency agreements and other service agreements.
These contracts are often situated in an international context, affected by a variation of Belgian and international legislation.
We offer assistance and advice relating to, among other aspects:
Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven offers you assistance and advice, both in individual and collective employment law and other forms of cooperation.
Besides labour law, our lawyers also have expertise in other specialist areas, such as mediation & arbitration, M&A, commercial & distribution law and insolvency & restructuring. Send an email to info@legaloffice.be or call 03 448 49 92.
Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven has offices in Antwerp and Turnhout, where we provide our clients with personal and professional legal counsel.
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