How to become a private employment mediator

• Belgian as well as foreign agencies
• Natural persons, legal persons and de facto associations.

Zonder erkenning:

• recruitment and selection agencies
• executive searchers
• head-hunters
• outplacement agencies
• artist agencies
• websites and other media that publish vacancies and CVs.

Met een erkenning:

• temporary employment agencies

Met een registratie:

• sportmakelaars

The various levels of government each regulate the conditions for private job placement according to their own authority.

• The labour law aspects fall under the competence of the federal government.
• The Government of Flanders is authorised for the regulatory framework. The conditions can be found in the Belgian Official Gazette.

The conditions also apply for job placement agencies that are not based in Flanders but do operate in Flanders.

Temporary employment agencies are subject to additional obligations.

• You can find more information on how to become a private employment agency on the website of the professional association Federgon(opens in new window).
• A different procedure applies for temporary employment agencies and sports agents.
  

Legislation governing private job placement.