The Federation of Belgian companies (FEB) approved, on January 25th 2007, after the three Belgian trade-union organizations (see story n° 061296), the interprofessional draft agreement. This adoption marks the launching of the negotiations at the sectoral level and in companies. The agreement includes salary measures and comittments to negotiate on several topics (discrimination, consumption of alcohol and narcotics...). (Ref. 070072)
The FEB considers positive the new wage policy in companies, based on wage moderation and an engagement to revive a mechanism of profit-sharing. The employers’ organization is also delighted by a new reduction in social contributions for overtime and the possibility of following training outside working hours. However, employers complain about the persistence of a wage difference between Belgium and its neighbors, which harms the country’s competitiveness, according to them, and the absence of
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