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Practical articles on staff scheduling, DIMONA, flexi-jobs and HR administration in Belgium.
Planning student work in retail: the smart approach
Saturday peaks, the sales and year-end: retail runs on students. Here's how to plan student work in your shop without exceeding the hours quota, with correct schedules and Dimona declarations filed on time.
Dimona forgotten or filed late: penalties and fixes in 2026
A forgotten or late Dimona quickly costs 3,674.09 euros per worker in 2026, on top of criminal penalties. Here are the rules, the risks, and how to prevent and repair mistakes.
Staff scheduling in cleaning: smart planning for fragmented hours
Short shifts, lots of travelling between sites and constantly changing rosters make scheduling in the cleaning sector hard. Here are the Belgian rules that shape your schedule, and how to apply them in practice.
Social inspection visit: which documents do you need?
A social inspector can turn up unannounced and will immediately ask for Dimona declarations, contracts, work rosters and payslips. This practical checklist shows what you need to have ready for each theme — and how to keep it all in order digitally.
Staff scheduling in cleaning: work sites and travel time
Scheduling cleaning teams is a puzzle of short shifts, scattered work sites and a largely part-time workforce. These are the rules that shape your roster — and how to apply them without Excel acrobatics.
Automating time tracking in cleaning services: site by site
Fragmented shifts, dozens of sites and part-time schedules make time tracking hard in the cleaning sector. Here's how to register hours per site correctly, keep travel separate, and be ready for mandatory time registration from 2027.
Staff planning in cleaning: sites, travel time and short shifts
Cleaning teams work scattered, early and in short bursts. Here's how to plan sites, travel time and minimum shifts correctly — without your schedule falling apart every morning.
Time tracking in the cleaning sector: mobile teams on multiple sites
Cleaning crews work across dozens of sites, often part-time and outside office hours. This guide shows which hours count, what you are legally required to record, and how to organise it all without paper site sheets.
Leave Planning Without Excel: Practical Guide for 2026
Holiday requests by email, a shared Excel file and a paper calendar by the coffee machine: it works until it doesn't. Here's how to build leave planning that matches your work schedules and Belgian rules.
Holiday Planning 2026: From Leave Request to Watertight Roster
In Belgium, approving leave is not a favour — it is a trade-off between statutory rights and your minimum staffing levels. Here is how to build a holiday plan that survives the summer.
Scheduling Agency Workers in Logistics: The Rules
Agency work keeps your warehouse running when volumes are unpredictable, but the Belgian rules are strict. Find out which grounds apply, when consecutive daily contracts are allowed and how to avoid the NSSO contribution.
Part-time contracts 2026: from the 1/3 rule to the 1/10 rule
The Act of 18 May 2026 lowers the minimum weekly working time for part-time employees from one third to one tenth of a full-time job. What does that mean in practice for your contracts, your work schedules and your planning?