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Employment contracts

The employment contract must fulfil a number of legal criteria establishing the rights and duties of employer and employee.

For full information on employment contracts in French, see Opens in new windowClés pour le contrat de travail (PDF Format) (FR), published by the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue.

The website Opens in new windowhttps://info.hub.brussels/enalso provides information on Opens in new windowemployment contracts.

Use of languages in Brussels

The use of languages in social relations is tightly regulated in Belgium, with different rules depending on the Region. Industrial, commercial and financial businesses with a branch in the Brussels-Capital Region must draw up documents in Dutch for Dutch-speaking staff and documents in French for French-speaking staff.

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