Belgian-based parents: update your family-allowance information! 

Generation 2004 has received confirmation from the PMO that they are increasing the resources allocated to the family-allowances calculating team as we requested and we’re promised that this should be visible to those still awaiting a response within weeks: let us know whether this is indeed your experience!  

A perfect storm of change 

The PMO explains that the calculating-team overload was due to family-allowance changes, both those in Belgian payment source (handled since 2019 at regional and not national level) and in granting conditions, requiring updates to each individual’s file (> 1 000), while simultaneously rendering the automated calculation system obsolete.  

The upshot is that every person in receipt of family allowance from Belgium (or anywhere else) needs to declare the amount received (see Article 68 of the Staff Regulations) and the PMO cannot proceed to update any file without those declarations.  

So, please check that your PMO family-allowance file is up to date and that your payslip corresponds to what you’ve declared!

Update 30.07.2021 check your rights are up to date in sysper.