Employee formalities and management
Businesses have obligations, such as employer social security contributions, and formalities to complete when hiring staff and in their day-to-day human resources management.
- The website of the Opens in new windowNational Social Security Office (ONSS) - (FR/NL) provides services to employers, enabling them to fulfil some obligations online. As an employer, you have a number of obligations:
- when you hire staff
- during their employment
- at the end of their employment.
- Via the helpline 1819 you can obtain information and advice on the various aspects of hiring and training staff (formalities, contract, costs, social charges, etc.).
- The Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue provides information on Opens in new windowlaws governing the terms and conditions of employment (FR/NL): rules on working hours, employer and employee obligations, contracts and special regulations for young workers.
Social secretariats for employers
You can delegate time-consuming and recurring administrative obligations to a social secretariat, which is a rich source of information, advice and support with respect to all payroll matters.
To find a social secretariat in the Brussels-Capital Region, see the website of the Union of Social Secretariats (USS):
Union of Social Secretariats (USS)
Rue d'Accolay 40, 1000 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0)2 230 27 23
Fax: +32 (0)2 230 14 57
Email: uss@synergie4.be
Online: Opens in new windowwww.uss.be (FR/NL)
Federal Public Service Social Security
Centre Administratif Botanique
Finance Tower
Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 50 - box 100, 1000 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0)2 528 60 11 (8 am to 5 pm)
Online: External linkwOpens in new windowww.socialsecurity.be
Service public fédéral Emploi, Travail & Concertation sociale
Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue
Rue Ernest Blérot 1, 1070 Brussels
Email: spf@emploi.belgique.be
Online: Opens in new windowwww.emploi.belgique.be
The regional inspectorates (social legislation compliance checks and well-being at work checks) of the Public Federal Service are open to the public Wednesdays 9 am to 4.30 pm.