Gautier Busschaert

Practice Areas

Gautier Busschaert is attorney at Van Olmen & Wynant, specialised in employment law.

Career

Before joining Van Olmen & Wynant in 2013, Gautier was a teaching assistant at his Alma Mater in the Department for European and international law from 2011 to 2013.

Gautier was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2013.

Gautier teaches European Employment Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles since 2023.

Gautier graduated from the University of Louvain (UCL, 2005) and obtained a Masters in European Law from the University of Brussels (ULB, 2006). He holds a PhD in law from the University of Leicester which he obtained in 2014.

Professional Memberships

Gautier is a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association, regularly publishes in both national and international law reviews and is member of the editorial board of the “European Employment Law Cases” (EELC) review.

Publications

Recent publications:

BUSSCHAERT, G., “L'arrêt de la Cour de justice « CCOO c. Deutsche Bank » du 14 mai 2019. Vers un système général d'enregistrement du temps de travail en Belgique ? " Orientations 2020, afl. 6, pp. 2-15.

BUSSCHAERT, G., “2020/2 Introduction of 25 years as maximum age for participation in air traffic controllers recruiting process found unjustified (BE)”, European Employment Law Cases 2020, n° 1.

BUSSCHAERT, G., “2020/13 Complaint for harassment does not protect against dismissal based on the facts set out in the complaint but only against dismissal related to its filing (BE)”, European Employment Law Cases 2020, n° 2.

Languages Spoken

French, English and Dutch

Awards