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Posting employees to Belgium

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A foreign company may employ workers to work on a temporary or part-time basis in Belgium. This is what is known as secondment. In that case, the company must comply with certain Belgian working conditions and formalities.

Declaration of a change in my personal or professional situation

Social security

As a person receiving social security benefits, do you wish to make a change in your personal or professional situation? If so, how should you declare it? Please find the answers to your questions on this page.

Integration income

Social security

Under certain conditions, when your income does not grant you a decent living, you can benefit from social support, more specifically an integration income. It is provided at a local level by the Public Social Welfare Centre (Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn – OCMW), which offers amongst other things financial support.

Reporting the end of an employment contract

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When a Belgian employment contract ends, you as an employer need to:

  • immediately complete a Dimona OUT in the online service Dimona to report that your employee is leaving your employment.
  • provide the necessary information to the NSSO in the online service DmfA to enable the calculation of the remaining social security contributions.

Leave

Work and retirement

In Belgium, full-time workers are generally entitled to 4 weeks’ annual leave. They are also entitled to take leave in case of sickness or other circumstances.

Declaring employees in Belgium

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To enable a correct follow-up by the Belgian social security, employers must submit two types of declaration for their employees. The first one is the immediate declaration (Dimona), and the second one is a quarterly reporting of executed work and salaries (DmfA).

In order to declare an employee, you will need their Social Security Identification Number (SSIN). If an employee does not have a SSIN yet, you can request one for them using BelgianIDpro.

Calculation and payment of social security contributions

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In Belgium, social security contributions are collected by the National Social Security Office (NSSO). Here is an overview of how they are calculated and when they have to be paid.

Notification of temporary unemployment

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If your employees are temporarily unable to work due to bad weather, lack of work, a technical accident or force majeure, you can apply for temporary unemployment for them. The employment contract is then temporarily suspended and your employees are entitled to unemployment benefits. The notification of temporary unemployment always has to be made electronically via the online service Temporary Unemployment or via Batch.

Register as an employer in Belgium

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In case you want to employ staff in Belgium you must register as an employer with the National Social Security Office (NSSO) using the online service Wide. If you wish to appoint mandataries to support you with your administration, use the Mahis online service to mandate them.

Working Abroad

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A company may employ workers abroad to work on a temporary or part-time basis and remain subject to Belgian legislation. In that case, the company must comply with certain formalities.