In brief
Odoo and Partena Professional (the number 2 Belgian social secretariat) have signed the biggest deal in Odoo's history, in the words of Fabien Pinckaers himself. The goal: a single platform able to replace around twenty fragmented HR applications to manage and automate payroll from A to Z.
There are conditions. At launch, the solution is reserved for SMEs with fewer than 200 employees, all falling under joint committee CP 200 or CP 302 (Horeca).
It is not for right now. The first pilot customers will only access the complete solution from January 2027.
You can prepare today. From 1 January 2027, even if you are not yet a Partena payroll client, you will be able to use Odoo's HR modules for free. In the meantime, clean up your processes and centralise your HR tools in Odoo's standard.
When we saw this announcement, we read it twice.
Odoo and Partena Professional (the number 2 Belgian social secretariat) have just signed the biggest deal in Odoo's history, in Fabien Pinckaers's own words.
The goal ? To launch a single platform able to replace around twenty fragmented HR applications to manage and automate payroll from A to Z.
As an Odoo partner for more than 10 years, this kind of announcement confirms once again that Odoo has many fine, long years ahead of it.
We have often heard that Belgian payroll was too complex. Too many rules, too many specificities, too many risks... This partnership answers that argument once and for all.
But concretely, what is going to change for you ? Let's sort it out, without mincing words.
I. The promise: the complete lifecycle of your employees
The great strength of this single platform is that it supports you smoothly across the whole journey of your teams:
Attract and engage : recruitment and onboarding made easier.
Organise and reward : time management, contracts and simplified real-time payroll.
Grow, motivate and retain : integrated evaluations and training.
Say goodbye and thank : clean offboarding management.
What it changes day to day ?
Zero double entry :
No more manual data transfers and risks of errors. Everything is centralised.
Autonomy :
Your employees manage their own requests via an intuitive employee self-service.
Rock-solid compliance :
Your payroll calculations are guaranteed accurate in Odoo thanks to the legal engine and the legal guarantee of Partena Professional.
Legal AI :
A question about social law ?
The built-in AI combines your data and Partena's legal base to answer you instantly.
II. The catch
It looks magnificent on paper, but beware of the initial access conditions :
The 200-employee limit : the solution is exclusively reserved for SMEs with fewer than 200 employees (official source: Partena Professional PME). Larger structures will have to wait.
The joint committee filter : to benefit, all of your employees must fall under CP 200 or CP 302 (Horeca).
Not right away : the first pilot customers will only access the complete solution from January 2027.
III. What to do while waiting for 2027 ?
This is the ideal moment to start cleaning up your processes. Remove your fragmented HR tools today and centralise everything in Odoo's standard. The day the real-time payroll connector opens for your sector, you will only have to press the button.
No need to sit with your arms crossed waiting for the years to pass. Odoo and Partena have planned a smart launch ramp.
From 1 January 2027, even if you are not yet a Partena payroll client, you will be able to use Odoo's HR modules for free (Recruitment, Time Off, Contract signing, etc.). Partena Professional takes charge of and offers native integration with its current calculation engines (ProSalary and ExpertSalary).
Our architect's advice :
Frequently asked questions ?
The announcement
Odoo and Partena Professional, the number 2 Belgian social secretariat, have signed the biggest deal in Odoo's history, according to Fabien Pinckaers. The goal is a single platform able to replace around twenty fragmented HR applications to manage and automate payroll from A to Z.
Only SMEs with fewer than 200 employees, all of whom fall under joint committee CP 200 (the largest Belgian joint committee) or CP 302 (Horeca). Larger structures will have to wait.
The first pilot customers will access the complete solution from January 2027.
You will be able to use Odoo's HR modules for free (Recruitment, Time Off, Contract signing, etc.). Partena Professional takes charge of and offers native integration with its current calculation engines, ProSalary and ExpertSalary.
It means instantly calculating the cost of a worker or a leave without having to send your
data to your social secretariat and wait 24 to 48 hours.
Start cleaning up your processes. Remove your fragmented HR tools today and centralise
everything in Odoo's standard, so that when the real-time payroll connector opens for
your sector, you only have to press the button.
Conclusion : Odoo changes the rules of the game
This exclusive partnership proves that Odoo is now tackling Europe's most complex administrative locks. For our Belgian clients, it is the opportunity to permanently remove the friction between managing your teams and paying them. Fewer tools, less stress, and finally unified HR management.
At Niboo, we support you from today to prepare your databases, structure your standard HR processes and make sure your IT architecture is ready for this historic turn.
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