Belgium guide: false self-employment
In Belgium, the parties' contractual qualification has priority unless facts clearly conflict with it.
4 general criteria
- Will of the parties
- Freedom to organize working time
- Freedom to organize the work
- Possibility of hierarchical control
Sector presumption (5/9)
Construction, security, transport, and cleaning apply an extra test: meeting 5 out of 9 criteria triggers a rebuttable presumption of employment.