Be Family Belgium

Because work-life balance shouldn't be a luxury

Be Family Belgium supports companies committed to helping employees find a better balance between their personal and professional lives. Through our label, we recognize and promote the best practices that make your workplace more inclusive, humane, and attractive — for everyone, at every stage of life.

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What we offer

Make your company a place where life and work go hand in hand

Be Family Belgium helps you implement and showcase meaningful, concrete actions to support your employees' work-life balance. We offer a structured approach: an assessment of your current practices, a tailored action plan to move forward, and the Be Family label to certify your commitment. This isn't about perks or surface-level benefits. It's about creating a work environment that respects individual rhythms, family needs, and life outside the office — and being recognized for it. Whether you're just getting started or are already committed, we help you progress at your own pace.

Evaluate

Gain a clear understanding of your current situation by going through a structured and comprehensive assessment process that highlights strengths and areas for improvement.

Support

Receive tailored, actionable recommendations along with practical tools and resources that will help you progressively transform and evolve your workplace practices.

Influence

Obtain the Be Family label to visibly demonstrate your genuine commitment to employees, partners, and stakeholders in a lasting and credible way.

Why it matters

Supporting work-life balance is not just the right thing to do — it's a strategic investment in your organization's long-term performance and reputation.

Attract and retain talent

Today's employees expect more than just a salary — they want a workplace that respects their lives. A Be Family label signals your commitment to people-first values, helping you recruit and retain top talent in a competitive market.

Reduce absenteeism and burnout

Chronic stress and lack of flexibility lead to burnout, absenteeism, and turnover. By acting proactively, you protect your teams — and your organization's performance.

Improve well-being and engagement

When employees feel supported in their daily lives, they're more motivated, focused, and loyal. Work-life balance is a key driver of engagement — and a healthier, more productive workplace.

Build a culture of trust and equity

Every employee has different needs. Supporting work-life balance means embracing that diversity and creating a fairer, more inclusive work culture — where everyone feels respected and empowered.

18%

reduction in staff turnover in companies that offer flexible parental leave and family-friendly policies (University of Antwerp).

42%

of Belgian employees state that a better work-life balance would increase their job satisfaction and make them less likely to change jobs (Partena Professional 2020).

They've joined the movement

They've chosen to commit to a healthier, more balanced work environment — and to make that commitment visible, meaningful, and inspiring for others in France and/or in Belgium.

Who we are

Who's behind the initiative

Be Family Belgium is the result of a shared commitment between a Belgian non-profit and a pioneering French initiative.

Be Family France

Created in 2024 in France, Be Family is actively involved in transforming HR policies with a view to improving work-life balance. Be Family has successfully implemented a methodological framework and a mechanism for tailor-made support for companies.

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La Ligue des familles

The Ligue des familles is the leading parenting organization in French-speaking Belgium. Every day, the association works to build a society that meets the needs of parents. The Ligue des Familles is behind the Be Family movement in Belgium, a project that will also fuel its advocacy work to improve gender equality and work-life balance in Belgium as a whole.

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Partners & Sponsors

We are proud to work hand in hand with trusted partners and sponsors who share our vision and help us bring the Be Family initiative to life.

The Degroof Petercam Foundation supports innovative initiatives that create fair and sustainable employment. In Belgium, it has launched The Lab to address key challenges such as reconciling parenthood and work.

The Make.org Foundation is an endowment fund that incubates and accelerates projects of general interest, mainly in France. Its mission is to mobilise and coordinate citizens, associations and businesses to bring about systemic and sustainable improvements to society, complementing public policy.

Our manifesto

Towards a more inclusive and sustainable world of work

Be Family is a global movement that brings together all stakeholders — employers, institutions, and civil society — to make workplaces more supportive of families. Our goal is to spark collective change, wherever work happens. We help organizations build a more sustainable economy — one that serves the common good and responds to the real needs and lifestyles of current and future generations.

1. A World Where Work and Family Go Hand in Hand

We envision a society where work and family are not in conflict but support and enrich each other. It's not only possible — it's essential for a more humane and resilient world. Be Family helps organizations become more inclusive with regard to families and to help work towards solving their family policy issues.

2. Contributing to the Sustainable Developement Goals

Be Family helps organizations become more inclusive with regard to families and to help them make progress over time on their family policy issues, while contributing to the following sustainable development goals (SDG): SDG 3 Good health and well-being SDG 4 Quality education SDG 5 Gender equality SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth SDG 10 reduced inequalities

3. Sharing knowledge & tools and measuring impact

Our mission is to bring together organizations, encourage the exchange of best practices, and spread new ideas backed by field research. We provide practical tools for improving workplace culture and measure the impact on both organizations and their people.

4. Driving cultural and legal change

We turn workplace insights into policy recommendations and push for new standards — shaping laws and regulations that better reflect the realities of modern life. We believe that workplaces can be powerful drivers of social change. By improving work-life balance, they can contribute to a more inclusive, fair, and caring society.

5. A collective and international effort

Be Family is an international initiative co-created with a diverse range of partners — from companies and experts to NGOs, institutions, and governments. Together, we're working to shift both mindsets and systems at a global scale.

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Let's make life and work fit together

Whether you’d like to learn more, begin your journey toward the label, or explore a partnership, we’d love to hear from you. Fill out the form and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible — or simply send us an email.

info@be-family.be