Emmanuel Plasschaert is a counsel in the Brussels office.
In addition to Mr. Plasschaert's solid understanding of general commercial and contract law, he is focused on individual and collective labor law. He has experience drafting employment and related service agreements, non-compete agreements and work regulations, as well as internal company policies. He also assists companies to draft or review incentive or bonus plans. He frequently gives advice to his clients regarding work organization issues, harassment, discrimination, restructuring of companies, collective labor issues (union delegations, works councils), and Belgian and EU social security issues. He also assists employers on termination of employment agreements.
In addition to regularly advising Belgian and multinational companies in these areas, Mr. Plasschaert also has comprehensive experience as a litigator, representing Belgian and multinational companies before the Belgian labor courts for more than 15 years.
Mr. Plasschaert studied for two years at the Catholic University of Namur (1989, jur. cand., cum laude) and earned his law degree at the law faculty of the Catholic University of Leuven (1992, jur. lic., cum laude). He spent six months at the University of Siena (Italy) in 1992, in the framework of the Erasmus exchange program. He has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 1993.
Mr. Plasschaert is fluent in French, Dutch and English. He has basic notions of Italian.
Mr. Plasschaert has published several articles in labor law journals. He has recently published a reference work on union delegations and is currently preparing a publication regarding collective labor agreements to be published by Kluwer.
Mr. Plasschaert is a member of the editing board of "Chroniques du droit social", one of the leading labor law journals in Belgium and in charge of the individual labor law practice group of this law journal. He was a guest-lecturer at the Institut Supérieur Economique d'Ixelles, where he taught social legislation.
He frequently conducts seminars for executives and company managers.
In The News
Emmanuel was featured in Belgium's Justement for his appointment to President of the Brussels Young Bar Association. Click below to download a PDF of the article.
"Interview de Monsieur - Emmanuel Plasschaert : Nouveau Président de la Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles, " Justement; n° 13, p. 2, Kluwer, (September 5, 2007).
Affiliations
Member of the Council of the Brussels Bar, 2009-2010 (deputy-treasurer)
Memberships
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
Publications
· "Company Restructuring and the Impact on Employment - Collective Redundancies," ACC's European Briefings (June 2009). Co-Authors: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Yves Heijmans and Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "Er is meer nodig voor de tewerkstelling van oudere werknemers," De Tijd (August 24, 2006). Co-Authors: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "Effective Cross-border Mediation in Europe," ACC Docket, European Briefings (June 2006). Co-Authors: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Yves Heijmans.
· "La protection des données personnelles dans le cadre du contrôle des prestations de travail" in "Vie privée du travailleur et prérogatives patronales," Editions du Jeune Barrreau de Bruxelles (2005). Author: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "La responsabilité contractuelle," in the collective work Obligations - Commentaire Pratique, in cooperation with J.-F. Germain (to be published by Kluwer). (January 1, 2002). Author: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "Chronique de jurisprudence : Elections sociales 2000," Chr. D. S., 2001, 1ère partie : 509-531, 2ème partie : 565-577 (collaborative authoring). (January 2, 2001). Author: Emmanuel Plasschaert
· "Automaticité du transfert conventionnel d'entreprise, ordre public et renonciation," note under C.T. Liège, 5 May 1999, Chr. D. S., 2001, 29 (in cooperation with L. Peltzer) (January 1, 2001). Author: Emmanuel Plasschaert
· Publishing of several notes in the Actualité section of the Revue de Droit Commercial Belge [R.D.C.] (2000 and 2001). Author: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
Alerts & Newsletters
· "European Parliament Hearing of László Andor, Commissioner-designate for Employment and Social Affairs," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe (February 4, 2010). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Jeffrey W. Pagano, Kris D. Meade.
· "Outplacement Reminder - The employer should take the initiative," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe (November 7, 2008). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "Public statements on non-recruitment of candidate employees of a foreign origin constitute direct discrimination," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe (August 8, 2008). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "New Exemptions For Foreign Workers," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe(November 16, 2007). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "Theft Prevention in the Workplace - Expected Changes Under Belgian Law," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe (December 5, 2006). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "Dismissal on the Grounds of Sickness: Prohibited or Permitted?," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe (September 15, 2006). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "Long Service Ticking Timebomb - Less Than a Month to Go," Labor & Employment Law Alert - US (September 15, 2006). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Thomas P. Gies.
· "New Obligations in Terms of Outplacement," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe(August 10, 2006). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "Hot Spots For UK Employers," Labor & Employment Law Alert - UK (July 25, 2006). Contacts: Thomas P. Gies, Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "Privacy, Information and Consultation of the Works Council," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe (June 30, 2006). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel, Thomas P. Gies.
· "Introducing Crowell & Moring's European Labor Law Alerts," Labor & Employment Law Alert - Europe (June 20, 2006). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "TUPE or not TUPE ... more of a foresight saga?," Labor & Employment Law Alert - UK(March 30, 2006). Contacts: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Thomas P. Gies.
Speaking Engagements
· "Kluwer Formations - Labor Law: Basic Training," Brussels, Belgium (October 25, 2011). Speaker: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "The use of telephone, internet and e-mail by employees in the public sector and the employer's right to control this use," Seminar organised by the legal publisher Vanden Broele (March 24, 2011). Co-presenters: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "A visit from the social inspection - rights and duties of the employer," Webinar hosted by the Belgian Legal Counsel Institute (BLCI) (December 2, 2010). Co-presenters: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Frederik Van Remoortel.
· "The interruption of the employment contract," Labor Law: Basic training, Gembloux (Belgium) (October 12, 2010). Presenter: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "The termination of the employment contract", Labor Law: Basic training - Learn to apply the basic rules in two days, Brussels (Belgium) (March 11, 2010). Presenter: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "The termination of employment agreements", Labor Law: Basic training - Learn to apply the basic rules in two days, Brussels (Belgium) (October 20, 2009). Presenter: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "Work Council, Health and Security Committee and Trade Union." - Detailed training over the missions and the functioning of the consultation board (Upcoming March 24, 2009 and October 29, 2009). Presenter: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "The termination of employment agreements", Labor Law: Basic training - Learn to apply the basic rules in two days, Brussels (Belgium) (upcoming March 13, 2009). Presenter: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "Risks at the workplace: facing new challenges? - Harassment, Privacy, Discrimination", Belgian Legal Counsel Institute (BLCI) Seminar, Brussels (January 21, 2009). Co-Presenters: Frederik Van Remoortel and Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "The termination of employment agreements", Labor Law: Basic training - Learn to apply the basic rules in two days, Brussels (Belgium) (upcoming October 21, 2008). Presenter: Emmanuel Plasschaert.
· "The employment agreements of executives" at IFE Benelux Seminar on Executives' remuneration (February 16, 2005). Co-Presenters: Frederik Van Remoortel and Emmanuel Plasschaert.