Atelier des droits sociaux

The association's goal is the promotion of active citizenship for all.

It aims to get rid of economic, legal, and political exclusion, namely in the workplace, in housing, health, social security, social aid, and legal aid.

In that respect, its objectives are the creation and implementation of means allowing all citizens to know their rights, exercise them, and collectively organise in order to be able to defend or promote them using the broadest information, legal aid, adapted training, and support from collective organisations.

It has 3 services:

1. Employment/Social Security service:

Information about:

• Labour law: employment contract, work of foreigners, time credit, part-time employment, student work, maternity leave and work separation...

• Social security for salaried or self-employed workers: medical care insurance and compensation - mutual, family allowance, unemployment insurance and related matters such as the ACTIVA plan, retirement and survivor's pension, independent status as principal or ancillary activity, work accidents and occupational disease, benefits for disabled people...

Appointment:

• Telephone consultations: Tuesday from 9am to 12pm - Wednesday from 9am to 12pm
• On-site visits without appointment: Tuesday from 1pm to 4pm
• Appointments can be made on site at 4 Rue de la Porte Rouge, 1000 Brussels, for any matter related to employment and social security. To do so, you must first contact the service during the telephone sessions.
• emploi@ladds.be

Attention: if you are coming for:

• Questions about unemployment of artists: only by phone and by appointment
• Questions about self-employment : by appointment only.
  Appointments can only be made by e-mail at emploi@ladds.be.

2. Tenant law department:

Information about:

• Essentially: the particular rules for leases related to principal residence and the general rules for building lease (civil code).
• Also: The Brussels Regional Public Service's housing fund and A.D.I.L.'s rent guarantee (no assistance when looking for accommodation).

Appointment:

• Monday 1pm-8pm, Thursday 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm; Friday 9am-12pm
• droitdubail@ladds.be

3. Legal Aid Department:

Information about:

• the right to social integration income (R.I.S.), the right to different types of social aid given by the C.P.A.S., appeal procedures at labour court, recovery of aid granted by the C.P.A.S., procedures of access to different professional rehabilitation programs starting with the C.P.A.S, the right to guaranteed family benefits, the right to guaranteed income for the elderly (G.R.A.P.A.).

Appointment:

• Telephone sessions: Tuesday from 9am to 12pm - Wednesday from 9am to 12pm
• On-site appointments can be arranged on Tuesdays from 1 to 4 pm. To do this, you must first contact the service during the telephone hours.

The consultations are free and for all. The non-profit organisation offers no financial or material aid services.

The non-profit organisation is recognised as a general organisation for lifelong learning by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and as an association working towards the integration through housing by the Brussels-Capital Region.

It is supported as a Health initiative by the French community commission.

It is certified as a front-line legal service by the Federal Public Service Justice.