Belgium: negotiations on extending partial unemployment to employees stopped

union and employers’ representatives, had until April 1 to reach an agreement on the extension of partial unemployment to white-collar workers. Negotiations failed on the morning of April 2. (Ref. 090368)

Bone of contention. After over
a month of discussions, the social partners didn’t receive the compromise hoped
to accept the extension of partial unemployment to white-collar workers. No commitments
in terms of job security, and no talks on financing the measure. And the cost
of this extensio