Belgium: implementing stronger anti-discrimination legislation

On 20 July 2023 the Belgian Official Gazette published a law that strengthens employee protection against discrimination. The text recognises two forms of multiple discrimination, i.e. discrimination that is based on several ‘real or supposed’ protected criteria, such as for instance skin colour, and national or ethnic origin. This form of discrimination can be ‘cumulative’ (i.e. accumulation of separate distinct protected criteria), or ‘intersectional’ (i.e. when individual non-discriminatory