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Germany is the fifth-largest source of posted workers into Belgium and the second-largest supplier of posting companies in metalworks and pipefitting. German industrial contractors, plant builders and installation specialists are a constant presence on Belgian sites, and the compliance profile is different from the construction-heavy Polish or Portuguese pattern: fewer, longe...

France is the fourth-largest source of posted workers into Belgium, and French companies are strongest in exactly the sectors where site registration bites: electrical installation, metalworks and pipefitting, and petrochemical maintenance. A shared border and a shared language make the administrative side feel familiar, which is precisely why the Belgian-specific formalities...

If you engage a foreign subcontractor on a Belgian construction project and their compliance fails, the financial consequences do not stay with them. You can become jointly and severally liable for their workers’ unpaid wages, you may be obliged to withhold part of every invoice and pay it directly to the authorities, and you carry a ...

If a worker is on your Belgian payroll and covered by Belgian social security, you declare them with Dimona. If they work for a foreign employer and stay in their home country’s social security system, you notify Belgium with Limosa. If they set foot on a construction site worth 500,000 euro or more, someone also has to register their presenc...

Some activities are exempt from the Belgian Limosa declaration, but the list is specific and most exemptions come with a hard day limit. International transport, academic conferences, short business meetings, brief installation work, urgent repairs by specialised technicians, certain athletes, artists and scientists, and public or diplomatic staff can qualify. If your activit...