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
On 11 August 2008, baggage handlers held an unplanned strike at Brussels Airport [1], lasting two days. The baggage handlers of Flightcare [2] and Aviapartner [3], two leading handling companies, were protesting against mounting work pressure. [1] http://www.brusselsairport.be/ [2] http://www
Over the period 5–18 May 2008, social elections [1] were held throughout the Belgian private sector to elect workers’ representatives to serve on company-level information and consultation [2] bodies, including both types of employee representation at the workplace – the works council [3] (/Conseils
On 17 March 2008, Flemish civil servants initiated strike action in support of their claims for an additional pay rise (*BE0607019I* [1].). The three major public service trade unions – the General Confederation of Public Services (Centrale Générale des Services Publics/Algemene Centrale der
The ‘gender career gap’ is a concept introduced by the Gender Yearbook 2007 (Gender Jaarboek 2007 (1.44Mb PDF) [1]), published in February 2008 by M/V United [2]. This is an annual report published by the European Social Fund in Flanders (Europees Sociaal Fonds Agentschap Vlaanderen, ESF Agentschap
As part of a series of unofficial strikes between December 2007 and March 2008, one of the first protest actions took place at the Syncreon [1] sub-assembly and sequencing plant, a subcontractor for the Ford [2] car factory in Genk in central Belgium (*BE0311305F* [3]). The main demand of the
On 23 November 2007, the national-level social partners finally reached a compromise for transposing EU Directive 2002/14/EC [1] establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community. Amid a pending political crisis – whereby the Belgian government had
The National Labour Council (Nationale Arbeidsraad/Conseil National du Travail, NAR-CNT [1]), during its plenary meeting of 20 December 2007, approved four new agreements which implement important parts of the intersectoral agreement 2007–2008 (*BE0701019I* [2]). [1] http://www.cnt-nar.be [2] www
Between 2005 and 2007, the Department of Public Health [1] in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University [2] conducted an epidemiological study (in Dutch, 525Kb PDF) [3] on the sleeping and driving habits of Flemish truck drivers. [1] http://www.ugent.be/en/departments?ugentid
In accordance with the European health and safety directive, Council Directive 89/391/EEC [1], Belgian employers are responsible for the prevention of health and safety risks. The SOBANE [2] (Screening, Observation, Analysis, Expertise) strategy is a participative risk management methodology
On 2 February 2007, the central social partner organisations in the private sector signed the intersectoral collective agreement for the period 2007–2008 (*BE0701019I* [1]). Every two years, this agreement provides a general framework for the subsequent sectoral bargaining rounds in Belgium. Nine