[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fbelgium-social-plan-bekaert-reduces-forced-lay-offs-by-half-april-27-2012":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},18812,"belgium-social-plan-bekaert-reduces-forced-lay-offs-by-half-april-27-2012","Belgium -Social plan Bekaert reduces forced lay offs by half -April 27, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fbelgium-social-plan-bekaert-reduces-forced-lay-offs-by-half-april-27-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:47:39.694406+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18812\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2012",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fbelgium-social-plan-bekaert-reduces-forced-lay-offs-by-half-april-27-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:27:49.612090+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\n\u003Cp>Steel cord company Bekaert, the largest in the world, announced in February it would cut 1250 jobs in China and 600 in Belgium. After unions and company representatives concluded the first agreement in March, as reported in last month’s CBN, a social plan was concluded and approved by the union members on 27 April. In the social plan, the maximum number of forced lay offs is set at 324 (previously 609). The reduction of redundancies will be done by leveraging internal mutations, a framework agreement for employees who leave voluntarily, no renewing of temporary contracts and an early retirement scheme (from 52 years).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dutch: \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.abvvmetaal.be\u002Findex.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=29%3Abelgie&id=2446%3Anaakte-ontslagen-voor-de-helft-teruggedrongen-bij-bekaert&Itemid=202&lang=nl\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.abvvmetaal.be\u002Findex.php?option=com_content&view …\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.abvvmetaal.be\u002Findex.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=29%3Abelgie&id=2444%3Aonderhandelingen-bekaert-leiden-tot-een-ontwerptekst&Itemid=202&lang=nl\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.abvvmetaal.be\u002Findex.php?option=com_content&view=article … \u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessweek.com\u002Fnews\u002F2012-02-03\u002Fbekaert-to-cut-1-850-jobs-in-china-belgium-on-solar-market.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessweek.com\u002Fnews\u002F2012-02-03\u002Fbekaert-to-cut-1-850-jobs ... \u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.deredactie.be\u002Fcm\u002Fvrtnieuws.english\u002Fnews\u002F1.1210619\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.deredactie.be\u002Fcm\u002Fvrtnieuws.english\u002Fnews\u002F1.1210619\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee.\u003C\u002Fem> For more information, please contact the\r\neditor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications\r\nofficer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. All rights reserved. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem> For previous issues of\r\nthe \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>Collective bargaining newsletter,\r\nplease visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. To unsubscribe,\r\nplease contact Mariya Nikolova.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]