News update as of 24 April 2019

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On the menu:  implementation of the cross-industry agreement (AIP) in Belgium,  UK government to provide free digital training for adults, EU Parliament adopts text of draft directive on cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions, Tech workers express solidarity with Chinese counterparts, who have spoken out about their working conditions. 
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Belgium/ Implementation of the cross-industry agreement (AIP). Following the refusal of the FGTB union to sign the 2019/2020 cross-industry agreement (accord interprofessionnel, AIP) (see article n°11063), social partners opted to implement agreed measures by means of collective labour conventions (CCT) adopted by National Labour Council (CNT) (see article n°11070). As such, on 23 April the CCTs were signed in order to progressively increase the age at which workers access end-of-career employm

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