Belgium welcomes the third highest number of posted workers in the European Union. Employers sending posted workers to Belgium face obligations and liabilities according to the stipulations of the EU Posted Workers Directive. These obligations include prior...
Below an overview of the official public holidays 2025, the regional public holidays 2025 in Belgium and a reminder of the rules applicable to replacement days for employers with employees in Belgium. What are the Public Holidays 2025 in Belgium? New Year's Day -...
Belgium has many peculiarities like the important difference between blue collar workers and white collar workers. This is not only visible in a number of differences in the reciprocal rights and obligations of the employer and the employee. You will also notice this...
Easy wage indexation 2024, after giant indexation 2023. Employers in Joint Industrial Committee 200 (JIC 200) are relieved and look to the future with a positive outlook. The System Every January, the salaries of employees in companies in Joint Industrial Committee...
Why an Employer's Obligation? In this post, we want to focus on the Belgian employers obligation to keep work regulations, also called "workers regulations" or "arbeidsreglement" (in Dutch) or "réglement de travail" (in French). The legal provisions are found in the...
A Limosa declaration and a Dimona declaration are mandatory electronic notifications for every employer. Prior to the start of an employee, the employer must declare its employees with an electronic notification system to the Belgian National Social Security Office...
The wage indexation 2023 is gigantic high. Each year in January, there is wage indexation and salary indexation for blue collar employees and white collar employees working in private sector industries in Belgium. In 2023, the indexation is gigantic high, the largest...
The Challenge Facing Employers in Belgium Compliance with Belgian social law, employment law, payroll law and immigration law is a major challenge for many foreign employers seeking to hire staff in Belgium. In this Western European country located on the North Sea...
An Umbrella Company and an Employer of Record are frequently used by expanding companies that want to hire employees in their target markets. They are not familiar with the local rules relating to labor and don't want to concern themselves with administration and...