News of the day
This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events.
1. A flaw in child benefit means that those who receive a raise end up with less net income
Due to the hard income limits when calculating child benefit, families often end up with less net income after a wage increase. The Flemish social partners (SERV) complain about this five years after the introduction of the Flemish child benefit. read more
2. VRT top will almost certainly have to appear before parliament after yet another riot
After yet another crisis story about the public broadcaster, pressure is mounting to summon VRT CEO Frederik Delaplace to parliament. There is a good chance that it will actually happen this time. read more