Not all employees work their entire careers in Belgium exclusively. They work increasingly abroad, albeit partially or entirely, temporarily or permanently. Employer and employee then need to take into account specific rules with regard to their labour relation and the applicable social security system.

Internet, Facebook, Twitter, email, car tracking systems… The new media and technologies have long infiltrated the work floor, its use sometimes clashing with the employee’s right to privacy.

The right to privacy may be a constitutional right; that doesn’t mean there are no limits. In particular in the context of a work relation, the employee’s right to privacy will in some cases have to budge for other rights or interests. It is then key to reconcile these different interests in a suitable way.

The same applies to the correct processing of personal data (General Data Protection Regulation, better known as GDPR).

In Belgium, there’s the tradition of social dialogue with a strong position upheld by the trade union. We guide employers in their handling with the trade unions, for instance during works council meetings, committees for prevention and protection at work (CPPW) and the worker representatives (‘protected employees’).

Social elections, works council, prevention and protection committee, trade union delegation. Any larger organisation – which doesn’t necessarily mean over 50 employees – will encounter one or more of the above sooner or later. Mploy has built up extensive expertise in these topics. The same applies for joint committees and their collective agreements.

The corporate world evolves at highspeed. Fusions, acquisitions, restructuring… are all evolutions that impact your staff.

Yet also without immediate plans for a fusion, acquisition or restructuring, it is no unnecessary luxury to verify all human resources and staff management data for their compliance with the many legal and regulatory prerequisites.

In light of a social audit, we gladly put your work regulations under the microscope to check whether every administrative formality concerning part-time labour is in check. We also co-monitor that all industry-specific and other collective agreements, including pay scales, are complied with, and that expense allowances are justified.

Correspondingly, we support clients who wish to scale back their activities. This can be from a limited restructuring to a collective dismissal, and even a company shut-down. We will support you – before or behind closed doors – and offer assistance in the scrupulous compliance with legal formalities, yet also calculating all the costs.

In the event of a company transfer, we possess the required experience to ensure that this operation is executed properly for the transferor as well as for the acquirer.

We have a firm grasp of other related cooperation forms on an independent basis as well. Think about commercial agency and management agreements. It is evident that in these matters we avoid bogus self-employment.

Organisations regularly outsource assignments, hereby relying on subcontractors. In some cases, however, the commissioner can be held liable for abuses by the subcontractor. Therefore, a solid subcontractor agreement is an absolute must.

It is your responsibility as employer to ensure safe employment for your employees. This applies to their physical safety as well as their mental well-being. The employer is the one who carries the ultimate responsibility and who can be called to account.

Around 125,000 annual occupational accidents in Belgium. One deadly occupational accident every four days.

We represent the interests of employers and the members of the hierarchical line: during police interrogation, the drawing up and following up of the mandatory detailed report, during meetings with inspection services and in court.

We assist victims of an occupational accident in disputes with the occupational accident insurance company or Fedris, with regard to the acceptance of the accident as well as the assessment of the temporary and permanent medical consequences, and the resulting remunerations.