Latest episode of SoCast – Sotra’s podcast – released:

Recent case law on discrimination in the workplace.

Launched in May 2021, SoCast is an employment law podcast produced by our Belgian member firm Sotra. Sotra’s lawyers comment in French on essential legislative and jurisprudential news in social law, in the private and public sectors in Belgium.

Topics range from GDPR in employment relations, the protection of trade secrets, the grounds for dismissal, current and future obligations of workers in the event of incapacity for work, to the disciplinary system for statutory agents or the pre-dismissal hearing.

To listen to the 15 previous podcasts, click here.

In this 16th episode of SoCast, Amory Nennen, Associate, discusses recent case law on discrimination in the workplace and touches upon various topics in this context:

  • Dismissal of an employee during incapacity;
  • So-called “multiple discrimination”;
  • Obligations related to the employment of a person with a disability;
  • The scope and impact of the protected criterion of “trade union convictions”;
  • Etc…

To listen to this episode, click here.

Sotra is a specialized Belgian boutique law firm specializing in Labor Law and HR-Tax Law. Sotra and its team have been recognized internationally for work in their field by leading independent legal research guides such as the Legal 500.

The firm is very active on the Belgian legal market also regularly speaking at and organising conferences and seminars on numerous employment and labour law matters which impact clients every day.  For the latest information on their speaking engagements and conferences, visit the events page.