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As of November 28th, employees or employers who wish to invoke medical force majeure must follow a new procedure. This procedure is completely separate from the new reintegration legislation that came into effect on October 1, 2022.

Lighting at the workplace, it is self-evident but in reality it is not. Especially now that it is still dark in the morning and very early in the evening, uncomfortable situations sometimes arise.
Workplaces are preferably lit with natural daylight. If daylight lighting is not possible or insufficient, then adequate artificial lighting must be present.

When your organization needs care and social support for certain shocking events (serious industrial accidents, fire, aggression incidents, suicide, ...), Premed is there for you.

As of October 1, 2022, there are important new developments regarding force majeure for medical reasons, what decisions the occupational physician can make in a re-integration assessment of an incapacitated employee, what the consequences of these decisions are (including regarding force majeure), and the deadlines, which will then be expressed in calendar days. Health insurance funds can only try to persuade their member beneficiaries to start a re-integration trajectory. No transitional arrangement has been provided. All ongoing re-integration trajectories must be immediately viewed through the lens of the new legislation. A change to Article 34 of the Employment Contracts Act may appear soon, creating a completely new procedure to establish force majeure in cases of permanent incapacity.

The health of your organization or company - including its financial health - is closely linked to that of your employees.
To address challenges such as an aging workforce, (long-term) absence due to illness, and finding suitable staff (war for talent), you have every interest in implementing a preventative health policy. After all, prevention is better than cure. Employees who are mentally and physically healthy feel better and perform better, and also have a positive effect on the working atmosphere and connection with the company.

Three new occupational diseases have been added to the Belgian list of occupational diseases.