[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2014\u002Fbelgium-social-dialogue-leads-to-several-mini-agreements-december-19-2014":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":29,"body_blocks":37,"call_to_action":43,"categories":50,"labels":51,"owner":7,"authors":52,"related_pages":53,"related_sites":54,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":56,"banner_message":57},8718,"belgium-social-dialogue-leads-to-several-mini-agreements-december-19-2014","Belgium -Social dialogue leads to several mini-agreements -December 19, 2014",null,"In a harsh political climate the social partners met at confederal level to discuss several labour policy issues that the government has sought to cut. The talks resulted in creating space for collective agreements on the prolongation of early retirement provisions (at the age of 60, and for arduous work at the age of 58) for another 3 years.","","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2014\u002Fbelgium-social-dialogue-leads-to-several-mini-agreements-december-19-2014","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:13:59.607456+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F8718\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23,26,28],{"title":18,"slug":19},"World of Work","work",{"title":21,"slug":22},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":24,"slug":25},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":27,"slug":27},"2014",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":12,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2014\u002Fbelgium-social-dialogue-leads-to-several-mini-agreements-december-19-2014\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:07:48.310150+01:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cp class=\"CM4\">In a harsh political climate the social partners met at confederal level to discuss several labour policy issues that the government has sought to cut. The talks resulted in creating space for collective agreements on the prolongation of early retirement provisions (at the age of 60, and for arduous work at the age of 58) for another 3 years, on the harmonisation of the sick leave schemes that apply separately to blue collar and white-collar staff and finally on the application of a time credit scheme at the end of a career. The question is how the government will react that also has announced the freezing of wages for 2015 and 2016 as well as suspending inflation indexation of wages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>French: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.lesoir.be\u002F737939\u002Farticle\u002Factualite\u002Fbelgique\u002F2014-12-18\u002Faccord-patrons-syndicats-prepensions-et-fins-carriere-seront-assouplies\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.lesoir.be\u002F737939\u002Farticle\u002Factualite\u002Fbelgique\u002F2014-12-18\u002Faccord ... \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dutch: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.demorgen.be\u002Feconomie\u002Fsociale-partners-bereiken-compromis-over-eenheidsstatuut-a2156267\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.demorgen.be\u002Feconomie\u002Fsociale-partners-bereiken-compromis ... \u003C\u002Fa>     \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> please visit \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact us",{"title":44,"url":46,"description":44,"rel":47,"type":48,"id":49},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]