Thinking about rolling out the mobility budget in my organisation. Asking for advice.
I am in charge of the operations of a Brussels-based NGO with 60 staff. Currently there are 3 or 4 people who have company cars. As part of the upcoming mobility budget requirement we have been looking into the possibility of making company cars or the mobility budget accessible to a wider group of employees. Our thinking is that probably most employees would take the mobility budget rather than the car, and the mobility budget is a really nice tax-efficient benefit. However, rolling it out to all employees would cost so much that the organisation would not really be able to afford it. It would require 2 or 3 times more money than what we would otherwise dedicate to bonuses and salary increases. We also looked at the possibility of introducing it only for a group of 15 senior employees and managers, which could potentially work from a budget point of view. I understand that it is common in Belgium to have company cars as a benefit accessible to senior employees and managers only. But in our leadership there is a feeling that this approach is unfair, i.e. giving even more, tax-efficient benefits to employees who are already better paid. So I was wondering how other companies are approaching this conundrum. Grateful for any advice and experience.