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
L’ Enquête sur les entreprises en Europe 2009 – Flexibilité et dialogue social (ci-après : «ECS 2009») est la deuxième enquête d’envergure européenne menée par Eurofound auprès des entreprises. Elle a permis de recueillir des données sur les stratégies de flexibilité des entreprises et constitue une
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 State Secretary for Civil Services in Belgium, Hendrik Bogaert, is planning to reform the career structure of the country’s 80,000 public sector workers. The aim is to create more dynamic career patterns in the sector, although the plans also include cost-saving measures.
In 2010, women made up less than 10% of the members of management boards in Belgium. To address the situation, a plan was adopted by Belgium’s parliament in June 2011 which introduced a quota system whereby at least 30% of the seats on management boards should be given to women (BE1106021I [1]). [1]
The Career Agreement (397Kb PDF) [1], published by the Flanders Social and Economic Council (SERV [2]), is a recurrent part of the so-called VESOC [3] agreement of 1995. This Flemish social and economic dialogue relates to the areas of employment policy over which the Flemish regional government has
A recent article in the /Journal of Social Policy/ by Ive Marx, Josefine Vanhille and Gerlinde Verbist on ways to combat in-work poverty in continental Europe based on the case of Belgium begins with a discussion of the data from Belgium, definitions and methods. It continues with a brief sketch of
Belgium's new cabinet was sworn in on 6 December 2011, ending a national political stalemate that lasted 541 days. Elio Di Rupo, from a family of Italian immigrants, became Belgium’s first French-speaking prime minister since 1974 and he is also the EU's first openly gay government leader.
After a record breaking 541 days of political negotiations, a new coalition government was sworn in on 6 December 2011 in Belgium led by Walloon socialist Elio Di Rupo. The new government quickly embarked on an ambitious reform and austerity programme, bringing the country's budget deficit in line
The study, Recherche sur le burnout au sein de la population active belge [1], aimed to estimate as objectively as possible the prevalence of burnout among Belgian workers through the identification of cases by general practitioners (GPs) and occupational health physicians (OPs). The study was
In a ruling of 7 July 2011, the Belgian Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk hof [1]) gave the Belgian legislator two years to abolish the difference in employment statutes between blue-collar workers (arbeiders) and white-collar employees (bedienden), because it violates constitutional rules on
Negotiations on employment conditions are generally difficult in a sector which covers mainly health, social and cultural work, combining public and private-not-for-profit institutions, organisations and social enterprises. To obtain a better bargaining position takes heavier lobbying and, indeed
The main results of the WAGEGAP project were presented at a seminar on 30 May 2011 organised by two research centres associated with the University of Leuven – HIVA [1] and the Faculty of Business and Economics [2]. The event was supported by the Council for Equal Opportunities for Men and Women [3]