Belgium considers voluntary military service initiative
Belgium’s defence minister Theo Francken is considering a voluntary military service programme aimed at increasing the amount of young people working in defence.
Discriminatory practices uncovered at domestic help firms
Some domestic help and cleaning companies in Belgium are engaging in illegal discriminatory practices, according to a VRT undercover investigation.
Plan to make sick notes compulsory again from first day of absence
Negotiators for the future federal government are proposing the elimination of a measure adopted by the previous government that allowed workers in large companies – those with more than 50 employees – to take a single sick day without producing a doctor’s note.
Disruption to national rail and public transport in Brussels on 13 January due to strike action
Belgian rail and Brussels public transport network Stib-Mivb are among services facing disruption on 13 January due to a national strike.
Chinese delegation considering Audi site takeover is turned away
A delegation of Chinese officials from Beijing who wanted to visit the Audi Brussels site in Forest on Monday was turned away by management, according to the CNE trade union.
De Lijn to reduce services from January due to staff shortages
Flemish public transport company De Lijn will have to reduce its services in several areas from 6 January 2025, due to a shortage of drivers and rolling stock, its director Ann Schoubs has announced.
Audi protests lead to clash, police intervention
Relations between workers and management following the closure of Audi’s Brussels factory are further deteriorating, as a recent meeting with union representatives ended in police intervention.
Audi Brussels factory set to close in 2025
The Audi factory in Brussels will close at the end of February next year, according to an announcement following an extraordinary works council meeting this week.
Salaries in Belgium: Brussels remains city with highest wages
Brussels remains the Belgian city with the highest wages, according to new figures from the Belgian statistics office Statbel.
Belgian cycling economy worth almost €1 billion a year
As Brussels residents got on their bikes this weekend for the annual Car-Free Sunday, a new study by Belgian research consultancy Transport & Mobility Leuven (TML) has revealed that the Belgian cycling economy is worth almost €1 billion.
