On Thursday, the plenary room gave the green light to Minister Frank Vandenbroucke’s (Vooruit) “return to work plan”. This includes making long-term sufferers more responsible. – The text normally received House approval before the summer recess, but was ultimately not voted on. The bill creates a mechanism to financially sanction both long-term sick employees and … Read more
Last weekend hundreds of compatriots went to the French Lille. They were given a free vaccine against monkey pox. Why are there more vaccines in neighboring countries than here? That question was presented to the Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) on Wednesday during a press conference about monkey pox. “An important question,” said the … Read more
From 1 January 2022, an ‘association worker’ can be active for up to 450 paid hours at a sports association and up to 300 hours at an association in the socio-cultural sector. In that case, the association worker still pays 10 percent personal income tax. This is stated in the final regulation for association work … Read more
– – On Friday, the core cabinet approved a proposal from Minister of Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) to increase the social contributions of the highest wages in sport. The social security contribution of professional athletes is currently calculated on a wage of a maximum of 2,474.22 euros per month. All top athletes who earn … Read more
‘If I go to a cafe or restaurant and people don’t use the corona pass seriously, I’ll go outside again. I want to feel safe,” Vandenbroucke said on Radio 1 on Saturday in De Morgen. ‘Absolutely’, is the answer from Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) to the question of whether people should boycott catering establishments … Read more
Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) hopes that the mayors will ask their police forces to check the corona measures in the catering industry. And if that happens too little, we should avoid such cafes and restaurants ourselves. Horeca Vlaanderen thinks the minister’s statements are a pity. – “If I go to a cafe where … Read more
– © BELGA – Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) is an outspoken supporter of the vaccination of children, as soon as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gives permission for this. “I hope we can vaccinate children aged six to 11 from January. We are waiting for the green light from Europe. If it is … Read more
The De Croo government has reached a final agreement on the budget. Below is an overview of what was decided. – Tax reforms • From working singles can count on a tax reduction of 50 euros. For a working couple it even goes up to 150 euros. In addition, the deduction for childcare will increase. … Read more
– © BELGA – The eight university labs that have to analyze corona tests have seen their compensation significantly reduced. It turns out they haven’t been processing enough tests for the money they get for months. According to the labs and Minister Vandenbroucke, the compensation was so high to be able to switch quickly in … Read more
– © BELGA – Prime Minister Alexander De Croo wants to raise 30 million euros annually by cutting the social and tax benefits of football players. Only there is much more to be gained in these benefits, up to 200 million. Competent deputy prime ministers Vandenbroucke and Van Peteghem therefore wanted to do much more. … Read more