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    "title": "One in five flexi-job workers in Belgium is over 65",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-13 15:23:13",
    "published_at": "2026-05-13 15:23:00",
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    "body": "<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The number of pensioners working flexi-jobs in Belgium continues to rise sharply. In 2025, one in five flexi-job workers was aged 65 or over, double the share recorded in 2021, according to figures published on Wednesday by HR services provider Securex.</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Flexi-jobs are a Belgian system allowing people who already have a main job or are retired to earn additional income under favourable tax and social security conditions. They are especially common in sectors such as hospitality and retail.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">While fewer than 10 per cent of flexi-job workers were over 65 in 2021, that figure has now risen to 20 per cent. At the same time, the share of workers under 30 fell from one-third to one-quarter.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">According to Securex, the figures show that flexi-jobs are increasingly being taken up by older workers and pensioners rather than younger employees, even though the total number of flexi-job workers has increased across all age groups.</p><h4 id=\"employers-relying-more-on-regular-flexi-workers\" >Employers relying more on regular flexi-workers</h4><p style=\"text-align: left\">The analysis also points to another trend: employers are using the same flexi-job workers more frequently. The average number of contracts per worker rose from 21 in 2021 to 26 in 2025.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">The hospitality sector remains the largest user of flexi-job workers. In companies that employ flexi-workers, they account for 43 per cent of staff. That figure has remained stable since 2023.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">In independent retail, however, the share continues to grow, rising from 32.8 per cent in 2023 to 35.5 per cent in 2025.</p><p><sup><br>\u200b&copy; BELGA PHOTO HATIM KAGHAT</sup></p><hr /><p><strong>Related news</strong></p><div id=\"bookmark-f8d9ae92-08a0-4ac7-930b-0b7aeb495493\"\n     class=\"release-content-bookmark release-content-bookmark--horizontal\">\n\n            <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__thumbnail\"\n           href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/more-people-working-flexi-jobs-especially-over-65s#header-system-expanded\"\n           rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n           target=\"_blank\"           style=\"background-image: url(https://prezly.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uc.assets.prezly.com%2F5dae9c1a-b56a-4e79-aedd-a96a6e1ac572%2F-%2Fpreview%2F600x600%2F?ar=1%3A1&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=ffcb594fb032cb8b0f74e69e06e36f27)\"\n        ></a>\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__details\">\n\n                    <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__title\"\n               href=\"https://www.belganewsagency.eu/more-people-working-flexi-jobs-especially-over-65s#header-system-expanded\"\n               rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\"               data-type=\"bookmark\"\n               data-track=\"Story WebBookmark Click\"\n               data-placement=\"content\"\n               data-id=\"f8d9ae92-08a0-4ac7-930b-0b7aeb495493\"\n           >\n                More people working flexi-jobs, especially over-65s            </a>\n        \n                    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__description\">\n                More and more Belgians are working side jobs under the flexi-job status introduced 10 years ago. 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