Belgium - Trade union demand for guarantee of worker protection - April 30, 2020

The FGTB/ABVV union fears that the reopening of business from 11 May 2020 is happening without sufficient guarantees of worker protection. Defining COVID-19 as an occupational disease would make the employer responsible for safeguarding workers and also for bearing the costs if an employee falls ill.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca or Sjaak van der Velden, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org.
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