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
In early 2003, the Flemish Social and Economic Council (Sociaal-Economische Raad Vlaanderen, SERV [1]) committed itself to developing a Flemish Workability Monitor [2] on the quality of work. The workability monitor is a measurement system, which is designed to follow up on the policy agreements
The doctoral thesis on /Psychosocial job stress in relation to health/ (2007) by Els Clays from the University of Ghent, Belgium, aimed to examine the perception of psychosocial job stress in relation to health outcomes within the longitudinal Belstress (in Dutch) [1] study. In terms of methodology
On 7 September 2007, the social partners from the catering sector reached a pre-agreement. After consultation with the rank-and-file members, the joint sector committee No. 302 of the hotels, restaurants and catering sector (Commission paritaire de l’Industrie Hotelière Nr. 302 [1]/Paritair comité
After five days of industrial action, followed by intervention by an official mediator, the Flemish government reached agreement with the Association of River Pilots (Beroepsvereniging van Loodsen, BvL [1]) on 30 August 2007. The action caused significant disruption, particularly at the northern
In mid April 2007, Opel-GM [1] (*BE0109301F* [2], *BE9803229F* [3]) announced that production of the next generation of the Astra model would not take place at its car manufacturing plant in Antwerp in northern Belgium. A period of negotiations to determine the future of the plant followed the
On 2 February 2007, the central social partner organisations in the private sector officially signed the intersectoral collective agreement for the period 2007–2008 (*BE0701019I* [1]). Every two years, this agreement acts as a general framework for the subsequent sectoral bargaining rounds in
Each year, the research departments of Securex [1] and SD Worx [2], two government-approved human resource (HR) service providers for employers (sociaal secretariaat van werkgevers/secrétariat social d’employeurs), publish data on sickness-related absenteeism in Belgium. [1] http://www.securex.eu/be
On 25 March 2007, the first flight operated by the new Brussels Airlines [1] landed at Brussels National Airport in Zaventem. Brussels Airlines was officially established on 7 November 2006 by the merger of SN Brussels with Virgin Express. However, what should have been a day of celebration for the
In Belgium, regulations on opening hours of shops (in Flemish and French) [1] are based on two main principles: [1] http://economie.fgov.be/SME/Closing/home_nl.htm
An article on age diversity (9.11Mb PDF) [1] published in the /Ageing International/ journal summarises the results of the project ‘Silver instruments and processes’ (Zilveren instrumenten en processen (in Flemish) [2]), which was run by a team of experts from the University of Hasselt and partly