Belgium -Government prepares bill for wage restraints -March 01, 2015

The government has approved draft legislation to automatic wage indexation. Under this law wages and benefits that are linked to the retail price index will not be topped up by 2% as usually automatically happens when prices rise by 2%. The government also set the scope for wage rises. In 2015 the wage bill isn’t being allowed to rise at all. Next year a 0.3% rise is allowed without employers being penalised. The trade unions remain opposed to the measures that they call unbalanced.

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