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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 and bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France, employers must act quickly to adapt to changing labor laws. Smart employers are proactively identifying potential problems when hiring, employing and firing employees.
How to Tackle this Challenge?
Anyone looking to employ white-collar or blue-collar workers in Belgium is best to inform themselves in advance. How are you going to find this type of information? Yes, on the internet. You have already had a good idea. Because you are visiting the website of Business Belgium where foreign companies can find useful information in setting up business in Belgium and becoming employer in Belgium.
Where to Find a Practical Blog about Employment Law?
Practical blog about employment law in Belgium
Recently, we have found PayrollBelgium.be on the internet. This is a blog website with a professional look covering subjects like Belgian employment legislation, contracts and policies, labour cost, salary, comp and ben, extra-legal benefits, hiring and firing, working time and overtime, social security, international employment aspects, tax, immigration, payroll etc.
Let us have a look at this interesting site and write a review about it.
Featured Posts
PayrollBelgium.be is powered by experts in Belgian HR, legal , tax and payroll matters. Their contributions can be divided into four main categories:
- contracts and policies,
- comp and ben,
- employment law and
- immigration.
In recent months, legal experts have regularly published new articles. They share trending topics for new an existing employers.
Contracts and Policies
An employment contract is an agreement between employer and employee
In easy-to-understand language, the reader is given recommendations that employers should think about when seeking to engage with an employee. In Belgium, it is a legal requirement to enter into a written employment contract with certain categories of employees, such as part-time employees, students, tele-workers and employees who are hired for a definite duration.
Did you know that a tailor-made employment contract is the best guarantee to a long-lasting successful relationship with your employee in Belgium? Find it out in the post Success key 1: employment contract.
An interesting tip for employers who want to be compliant with Belgian law. Do not forget to draw up work regulations even if your staff works from home and the company does not have a permanent establishment in Belgium. The latter in interesting. Not in every country can you employ staff without an entity in that country. In Belgium, this is not a problem and it is very widely used by foreign companies.
Compensation and Benefits
Paying employees in Belgium on the same scale as you do in your home country, is not always a good idea. Under Compensation and Benefits you can find tricks how to compose a salary package in Belgium. Due to the heavy tax burden, employee benefits are quite common and popular. A few of these extra-legal benefits are exempt from social security, given that certain conditions are met. A list of the most popular extra-legal benefits can be found under Inspiring tricks for salary package in Belgium.
Another tip that will interest foreign employers. When creating salary budgets, keep in mind that it is mandatory to index wages annually. The percentage and timing of the indexation depend on the joint committee.
Employment Law
Employment law regulates the relationship between employers and employees
Employment law regulates the relationship between employers and employees. It is crucial that a foreign employer are aware of the particularities of social law, employment law and payroll law. Each country has its own legislation, Belgium too.
Are you aware that forgetting a dimona declaration can cost you at least € 2.500? How to avoid this is explained in Success key 2: DIMONA declaration.
Also on this website, you can find interesting information about legislation, such as Mandatory Work Regulations for Employees: Payroll Pitfall nr 3.
Immigration
Immigration is the fourth category on PayrollBelgium.be. The immigration rules that apply depend, among other things, on a person’s nationality and their purpose of stay.
In the post New salary thresholds for work permit as from January 1, 2023, you will find the salary thresholds for work permit, and an overview of the basic principles of a work permit in Belgium. Another article explains everything related to the A1 certificate of coverage for social security. The certificate of coverage for social security is a mandatory document in such cross-border situations to prove towards the authority of the country where the employee works which member state is competent from a social security point of view.
Conclusion about PayrollBelgium.be
We are happy to find this site with general information on social law, employment law, payroll law and immigration law in Belgium.
And if you need more detailed information, you can always use the contact sheet at the bottom of this page. We will bring you in contact with one of the authors.
