Belgium: new requirements for foreign independent workers and providers of services

To fight against social dumping, social fraud or the exploitation of foreign workers on the Belgian territory, the government elaborated a plan to improve the control of foreign activities in Belgium. Independent foreign workers will notably have to fill out a declaration before coming to work there. (Ref. 070152)
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“On the field controls showed that some foreign employers and independent workers are not very conscientious and totally look down on Belgian regulations,” noticed Peter Vanvelthoven, Secretary of Labor, who denounces: “situations that are socially and economically unacceptable: exploitation of workers, social dumping, dangerous working conditions and distortion of competition”. The government thus decided to introduce, starting April 1, 2007, a mandatory declaration, called “Limosa,” via elect

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