In our earlier news alerts, we referred to the ‘wage norm’ and the exceptions thereto. Two ‘exceptions’ to the wage norm are the ‘CLA n° 90 bonus’ and the ‘meal vouchers’, for which the maximum thresholds are increased in 2026. Below we provide a short overview. Time to turn your New Year’s resolutions into action. […]

Member States were required to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into local law by 7 June 2026, but only Slovakia, Malta, Lithuania (on a phased basis) and Italy have implemented the full directive on time (Poland has implemented some elements of it, and in Belgium it has been implemented only in respect of a […]