Statements made by the Belgian Minister of social integration in September 2002 on possible recruitment quotas for workers of foreign origin have revived debate on this issue. Current measures to support the recruitment of such workers are of a voluntary nature, and the Minister has raised the
Since the 1980s, and with increasing frequency, Belgian employers have been having recourse to the courts to influence the outcome of industrial disputes. Unilateral applications by employers for penalties to be imposed on strikers have often resulted in substantial fines being imposed by the courts
A restructuring exercise at Opel, the German-based car manufacturer, which is part of the US-based General Motors group, was the front-page story in Belgian social and economic circles in late August 2001. The focus was on a threat of closure that hung over Opel's Belgian production site in Antwerp