Belgium: amendment of the new collective bargaining agreement on equal pay between men and women

During the national labor council on July 9, 2008, the Belgian social partners amended the collective bargaining agreement No. 25 of October 15, 1975 on "equal pay between male and female workers." The new provisions concern the job evaluation system and propose a new definition of the notion of remuneration. (Ref. 080607)
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In the new collective bargaining agreement (CCT), equal pay “must be ensures in all elements and conditions of remuneration, including job evaluation systems.” These systems “must ensure equal treatment in the selection of criteria and their balance, and in the conversion of evaluation values into wage components.” The social partners invite “the sectors and businesses which haven’t done it yet” to assess their evaluation systems and wage categorization systems “contingent on the obligation of

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