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
Career counselling or management refers to services designed to assist people of any age, at any point in their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers. Flanders has autonomous legal authority over a range of regional matters, including employment
Many people claim that the relationship to work as well as the career models and career perspectives of young adults have undergone profound change. A flexible career model driven by ambition and self-realisation is defined as the main career model that young people strive for and desire in today’s
In February 2007, the European Commission published a Communication entitled Improving quality and productivity at work: Community strategy 2007–2012 on health and safety at work [1]. The Commission asked in this statement that the Member States should develop their own national strategies related
The Flemish government has set up the Flanders in Action project (/Vlaanderen in Actie/, ViA [1]) as an inclusive, interactive process which envisages a range of policy goals for the future. The central aim of ViA is to position the Flanders region in northern Belgium as one of Europe’s top five
Since 1969, European legislation has been in place imposing minimum requirements on the rest periods [1] that truck drivers must take and placing restrictions on their driving times. Three objectives were central to this regulation on driving times and rest periods, namely: [1] www.eurofound.europa
The industrial relations climate in Belgium’s prison service has become increasingly contentious over the past number of years. Between September and October 2008, a new wave of strike action was initiated in protest against pay, working hours and working conditions in the prison service.
The international financial crisis hit Belgium from September 2008 onwards. Two of the country’s largest banks – Fortis [1] and Dexia [2] – began to experience severe problems, which have been exacerbated by the financial problems of other banks around the world. The value of their stocks, as well
The Institute for the Equality of Women and Men (Instituut voor de Gelijkheid van Vrouwen en Mannen/Institut pour l’Égalite des Femmes et Hommes, IGVM/IEFH [1]) has presented its second annual report (in Dutch, 1Mb PDF) [2] on the pay gap between male and female workers in Belgium. The report
The energy supplier Eandis [1] and the supermarket chain Carrefour [2] both have a strong trade union presence and long tradition of company bargaining. This has allowed the trade unions in both companies to bargain for additional company wage settlements alongside the sectoral minimum wage
In the spring of 2007, a questionnaire on ‘well-being and stress among self-employed entrepreneurs’ was sent to 6,000 self-employed persons living in the Flemish Region in northern Belgium. The results of this survey are being used to map the quality of work or ‘workability’ profile of self-employed