Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call …
Belgium: Uber Eats couriers reclassified as employees
The Labor Relations Commission indicates that three delivery drivers from the company Uber Eats must be reclassified as employees. The cabinet of Pierre-Yves Dermagne and the unions welcome it. It …
Belgian court rules Deliveroo couriers should be classed as employees
Brussels labour court ruled on Friday that Deliveroo couriers should be classed as employees, potentially giving them more benefits and overturning an earlier judgment in favour of the British food delivery …
Dumping social : un chauffeur routier roumain fait condamner son entreprise de transport belge
Après huit années de procédure, Stefan Popescu aura gagné le droit d’être rémunéré correctement et, à force de ténacité, il aura ouvert une nouvelle voie pour la lutte contre le …
ETUI: The right to strike – country factsheets (35 Countries)
The right to strike varies considerably across Europe, often with specific rules and restrictions imposed on public service workers. The European Trade Union Institute has produced 35 country factsheets that …
Belgium approves four-day week and gives employees the right to ignore their bosses after work
Workers in Belgium will soon be able to choose a four-day week under a series of labour market reforms announced on Tuesday. The reform package agreed by the country’s multi-party coalition …
Uber on brink of pausing operations in Brussels after court ruling
Uber has been ordered to stop offering its main ride-hailing service in the Belgian capital of Brussels from Friday evening. The Brussels Appeal Court ruled on Wednesday that a 2015 ban …
Process Deliveroo: Vooruit and PS always want to consider platform workers as employees
The trial of about thirty couriers against Deliveroo will start on Thursday. Vooruit and PS want to avoid such lawsuits. They have introduced a bill in the House that would treat platform …
ETUI: Social Protection of Non-standard Workers & the Self-Employed during the Pandemic
“The Covid‑19 pandemic severely affected some categories of non-standard workers, and particularly the self‑employed. The emergency measures cushioned the potentially disastrous effect on their social circumstances, but undeniably highlighted even more the gaps in …
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