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.