Information about labor laws

Belgian employment legislation is relatively complex, with unexpected and sometimes confusing rules.
Labour laws are organised on several levels, with general regulations defined at federal and regional level. These regulations are completed by sectorial agreements negotiated between employers and representatives of workers (trade unions) and also by company-level regulations. Ask your HR manager which Convention Collective de Travail (in French-speaking companies), or Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst (in Dutch-speaking companies), is applicable to your company.

www.employment.belgium.be website of the Belgian Federal Public Service Employment

www.rva.fgov.be national employment office

www.socialsecurity.be useful information about working in Belgium as a self-employed person, or employing someone