Belgium Named As Most Complex Country For Human Resources And Payroll

Belgium is the world's most complex jurisdiction for human resources and payroll while Chile is the simplest, a new study published by TMF Group reveals.

The report HR and Payroll: Navigating complex requirements in turbulent times shows that the legislative complexity associated with managing HR and payroll varies considerably between different jurisdictions and does not necessarily correlate with legislative intricacy in other areas.

Belgium is considered the toughest country in terms of HRP for several factors: the most striking one is how employees working in the same industries are subject to different HRP policies depending on the region they work in. An additional layer of complexity is represented by dissimilar HRP rules applied to different sectors within the same region. Beside these regional and industry-level discrepancies, Belgium is one of the eight EMEA jurisdictions where employees receive regular mandatory pay increases. Furthermore,