[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2025\u002Fbelgium-unions-oppose-working-time-reform-may-31-2025":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},17303,"belgium-unions-oppose-working-time-reform-may-31-2025","Belgium - Unions oppose working time reform - May 31, 2025",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2025\u002Fbelgium-unions-oppose-working-time-reform-may-31-2025","pages.newspage","en","2025-06-15T10:34:17.629000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:42:36.141919+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F17303\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},"2025",{"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\u002F2025\u002Fbelgium-unions-oppose-working-time-reform-may-31-2025\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2025-06-15T12:34:17.629000+02:00","2025-12-27T10:24:45.268965+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unions oppose a reform the Government is preparing that would allow the 38-hour full-time working week to be calculated as an \u003Cem>annual average\u003C\u002Fem>, rather than per week. This means workers could be required to work longer hours during busy periods—without receiving overtime pay—as long as their total hours average out to 38 per week over the year. The proposal is intended to give employers more flexibility in organising work schedules. However, unions warn that it would effectively eliminate paid overtime and undermine workers’ rest time, income security, and ability to plan their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on: \u003Ca contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fd85j82c4.r.eu-central-1.awstrack.me\u002FL0\u002Fhttps:%2F%2Fcrm.etui.org%2Fcivicrm%2Fmailing%2Furl%3Fu=87241%26qid=4275313\u002F1\u002F01070197686f189d-5b913c8c-2771-4540-882c-cda535cdbb18-000000\u002FgBGYvOWLNY3j5R5VSmvJFAXFOks=211\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\u002F\u002Fd85j82c4.r.eu-central-1.awstrack.me\u002FL0\u002Fhttps:%2F%2Fcrm.etui.org%2Fcivicrm%2Fmailing%2Furl%3Fu=87241%26qid=4275313\u002F1\u002F01070197686f189d-5b913c8c-2771-4540-882c-cda535cdbb18-000000\u002FgBGYvOWLNY3j5R5VSmvJFAXFOks=211\">in Dutch…\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\">p.t.debeer@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","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>"]