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Having a legal document translated is not without risk: legal terms often have their own meaning and interpretation, and what is a synonym linguistically is not always a legal one. Offer...

A gaming machine in your hospitality establishment is not permitted just like that: you need a presence permit from the municipality and must comply with strict conditions — including a valid hospitality/alcohol license and a...

An employee's salary is a primary employment condition that you may not simply reduce unilaterally. In principle, a reduction is only permitted with the employee's consent (to be recorded in writing), and never...

Having a business contract checked before you sign prevents costly surprises: an invalid clause (such as an ineffective confidentiality or probationary period clause) can result in data leaks, an invalid dismissal, or even fines....

If your customer fails to pay, you may suspend your delivery or service subject to conditions (the right of suspension): the claim must be due and payable, performance must still be possible, and there must be sufficient connection...

Dismissal on ground e (reprehensible conduct) or ground g (strained relationship) is only successful if you have first sufficiently addressed the employee and given them opportunities. An employer who asks a captain to...

If you want to start a charitable organization, you usually establish a foundation. You do this at a notary, with articles of association that include, among other things, the purpose, the board, and the...

Fake reviews — false positives or negatives — are inaccurate information and therefore a prohibited unfair trade practice. The government and Europe have started taking stricter action against them: traders must check whether...

At the end of an employment relationship, you must provide an employee with a certificate of employment, but only if he requests one. By law, the certificate must in any case state the nature of the...

With a tiered notice of default, you prevent unnecessary delays if a (sub)contractor delivers defective work. You first give the counterparty a short period to declare that they will rectify the situation, and...