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Workplace accidents: Belgium proposes a European Day of Remembrance

Belgium, together with Italy and Hungary, has proposed the creation of a European Day in memory of the victims of workplace accidents at the Council of the European Union for Employment (EPSCO). It is...

Employment Europe Europe and international affairs Federal Press releases

30 Jun 2026 News

Concrete financial consequences for people engaged in illegal activities

Minister Éléonore Simonet has decided to take financial action against those engaged in illegal activities such as drug trafficking, by automatically assigning them the social status of self-employed worker. This mechanism, which complements standard judicial proceedings, marks the end of impunity for these criminals.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs Wallonia

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Return to work: the bonus for employers made permanent

Employers receive a return-to-work bonus (€1,725) when they help an employee on long-term sick leave to return to work, where necessary with adjustments to the workstation. The Government has decided to make this measure permanent, as it is particularly important for SMEs. Long-term sickness absence often weighs on the running of an SME, causing a loss of know-how, a lack of continuity and a heavier workload for colleagues. This extension is part of the drive to bring the long-term sick back into work, with the Government focusing both on responsibility and on the necessary financial support.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Extension of flexi-jobs to self-employed workers

Since their creation in 2015, flexi-jobs have allowed employees to take on additional work under favourable tax and social security conditions, provided they work at least 4/5 of a full-time job for a Belgian employer. The scheme has proved increasingly successful, with both workers and employers. Against this backdrop, the Minister for the Middle Classes, SMEs and the Self-Employed, Eléonore Simonet, wants to go further by opening the scheme up to self-employed workers as well. Under certain conditions, such an extension would allow the self-employed to earn additional income as a flexi-job worker while benefiting from a favourable tax regime.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Heatwaves: David Clarinval recalls protective measures at work

In the face of heatwaves, the Minister of Employment, David Clarinval, points out that when it is too hot at work, employees are entitled to a number of protective measures. He also stresses the impor...

Employment Federal Press releases

24 Jun 2026 News

Victoria Vandeberg pushes for better recognition of firefighter cancers

MR federal MP Victoria Vandeberg is urging the government to speed up the recognition of certain cancers as occupational diseases. “Our firefighters take risks every day to protect us; it is our respo...

Employment Federal Health Press releases

24 Jun 2026 News

Flexi-jobs: Parliament votes to extend them to all sectors

Sophie works full-time as an administrative employee at a Brussels company. On weekends, she helps out at a local restaurant. Thanks to the flexi-job, this additional income is simple, legal, and does...

Employment Federal

19 Jun 2026 News

Supplementary Pension for Self-Employed Workers (PLCI): rate increase and extension to part-time self-employed workers

The Minister has proposed a reform of the PLCI comprising the following elements: an increase in the maximum contribution rate and the opening of the PLCI to part-time self-employed workers who pay contributions and did not yet have access to it. We want to encourage supplementary pensions for the self-employed across the board, so that retired self-employed people have an additional income.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs

16 Jun 2026 Our results

Incapacity for work: increase in benefits

The Government has set aside a specific budget to increase benefits for the most vulnerable, notably people with disabilities, the sick and the invalid. With this measure, a family will no longer be penalised by the self-employed status of one of its members

Employment Federal

16 Jun 2026 Our results

Abolition of business one-stop shops in favour of social insurance funds

On a proposal from Minister Eléonore Simonet, the Government approved the abolition of business one-stop shops. Their legal missions and support for start-ups will be integrated into the social insurance funds. This measure streamlines structures and brings greater transparency for the self-employed.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs

16 Jun 2026 Our results

A results culture for top managers: the MR reforms the senior civil service

The MR is working for an efficient public service that truly serves citizens in Wallonia and in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, thanks to the Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Simplification, Jacqueline Galant. The top managers reform? 20% fewer management positions. Fewer bosses, fewer hierarchical levels. Our expectations of senior civil servants? We

Civil service Employment Institutional Wallonia Wallonia-Brussels Federation

13 Jun 2026 Our positions

Georges-Louis Bouchez visits Lotus Bakeries, a flagship Belgian industrial company

On Tuesday, MR President Georges-Louis Bouchez visited the historic Lotus Bakeries site in Lembeke, East Flanders, where the famous Biscoff® biscuits are produced. This latest company visit continues ...

Employment Federal Industry

11 Jun 2026 News

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