For companies

For expats

Your (social) security

Department of the Flemish social inspectorate

The Flemish Social Inspectorate is dedicated to preventing, investigating and advising on matters relating to workplace discrimination and the implementation of laws, rules and regulations related to employee rights in Flanders. Do you believe your rights as an employee have been violated? Have you suffered from discrimination at work? Inform the Flemish Social Inspectorate.

Workplace discrimination

You should not suffer any form of discrimination at your workplace. If it does happen, you have the option of filing a complaint with the Flemish Social Inspectorate. There are conditions and procedures (in Dutch) relevant to the way your complaint is responded to. If the people at the Social Inspectorate believe they are not the best qualified authority to deal with your complaint, they will forward it to the appropriate body.

Infringements of employee rights

The Flemish Social Inspectorate includes an overview of the laws, rules and regulations (in Dutch) related to employee rights in Flanders. If you believe any of them have been infringed, you’re encouraged to inform the Flemish Social Inspectorate. Once again, if they are not suitably qualified to respond to your complaint, they will pass it on to the appropriate body.
More information: Working in Flanders as a foreigner | Flanders.be

 

Social security

Even as an expat, you will be entitled to subsidized healthcare in Belgium. We will guide you how to access Belgian healthcare and claim your reimbursements.

If you live and work in Belgium, you typically receive coverage by state Belgian healthcare if you carry out the compulsory registrations. To access healthcare in Belgium, you need to register for social security.
This really is the first step.

Belgium has a very extensive social security system. Foreigners also are entitled to certain allowances and to social services.

Facts & Figures
45.57 %
Total Social Security Rate
32.5 %
Social Security for companies
13.07 %
Social Security for employees
For those with residence
in Belgium For foreign employers or self-employed
in another country

The benefits which you may enjoy as a foreigner are strictly dependent on the conditions under which you are resident on Belgian soil.​

Go to your nearest social security office and provide them with:

  • a valid ID such as a passport;
  • a residence permit;
  • proof of address such as a recent utility bill

To find out which benefits you are entitled to you can go to the portal site of the social security

Coming2Belgium

You are

  • a foreign employer, or their agent, wishing to post one or more workers to Belgium on a temporary basis?
  • a foreign employer, or their agent, of workers working part-time in Belgium?
  • a self-employed person established in another country, coming to provide services in Belgium on a temporary or part-time basis?​

If so, you need to declare your presence as a self-employed person or that of your workers before they begin to work in Belgium.

You can declare your services online via the Limosa online services.

Limosa

Other services for EXPAT

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