This report maps the impact of the global financial, economic and public debt crisis on industrial relations and working conditions at national level in the EU Member States from 2008 to end 2012. The impact of the crisis on industrial relations is mapped with regard to the actors, processes and
The European Company Survey 2009 on flexibility practices and social dialogue is the second European-wide establishment survey to be undertaken by Eurofound. The survey documents flexibility strategies in firms and is a unique source of comparative information on social dialogue at the workplace
This report presents a comparison of national industrial relations systems in the EU25, exploring the differences between individual systems and their effects on the economy. The report is based on the more detailed findings of a research project entitled ‘Quality of industrial relations
The Federal Law of 30 December 2009 on various provisions (in French and Dutch, 668Kb PDF) [1] contains some important new measures in relation to the central organisation of the Belgian social dialogue. [1] http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/pdf/Mbbs/2009/12/31/115232.pdf
The Federal Law of 30 December 2009 on various provisions (in French and Dutch, 668Kb PDF) [1] contains some important new measures in relation to the central organisation of the Belgian social dialogue. [1] http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/pdf/Mbbs/2009/12/31/115232.pdf
The initial results of a comprehensive study (in Dutch, 398Kb PDF) [1] on teaching as a career have been published. The study was undertaken by the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB [2]) and the University of Antwerp (Universiteit Antwerpen [3]), and was commissioned by the Flemish Minister of Work
Tensions between the Belgian social partners rose to seriously high levels for the first time during the current economic crisis. The difficulties started at the beginning of December 2009 and are linked to a row over the harmonisation of the employment status of blue-collar (/arbeider/travailleur/)
At the request of the Flemish parliament, the Study Department of the Flemish government took the initiative to compile a two-yearly report on /The social state of Flanders/ (De sociale staat van Vlaanderen (in Dutch, 7.2Mb PDF) [1]) concerning the social situation in Flanders. The report considers
In a study by Konings, Sels and Vanormelingen (2008), commissioned by the Sectoral Training Fund in the Food Industry (Initiatieven voor Professionele Vorming van de Voedingsnijverheid-Initiatives de Formation Professionnelle de l’industrie alimentaire, IPV-IFP [1]*)*, the authors investigated the
Over the last decade, stress at work [1] has become a major issue in the Belgian health and safety [2] debate. A European and national legal framework has been developed, and several methods for stress diagnosis and stress management intervention have been identified and supported by the Federal
Belgian Post (De Post/La Poste [1]) is, in terms of employment, the country’s biggest company, employing about 35,000 people. For a number of years, Belgian Post has been adapting its internal structures in preparation for the future liberalisation of the European postal services market. For example
On 26 June 2007, two sectoral trade unions – the Christian Union of Textile and Garment Workers (Christelijke Centrale der Textiel- en Kledingsbewerkers van België/Centrale Chrétienne des travailleurs du textile et du vêtement de Belgique, CCTKB) in the textiles and clothing industry, and the
In the context of, on the one hand, budgetary constraints and, on the other, the desire to maintain civil servants’ purchasing power, the Belgian Minister of Civil Service, Steven Van Ackere, has reached a new two-year collective agreement 2009–2010 (in Dutch, 83Kb PDF) [1] with the public sector