Belgium

Nathalie Burnay () and Patricia Vendramin
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Nathalie Burnay: University of Namur
Patricia Vendramin: Université of Louvain-la-Neuve

Chapter 9 in Extended Working Life Policies, 2020, pp 153-162 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract BelgiumBelgium is characterised by a low rate of employment for older peopleOlder people, though recent measures taken by national and regional governments have increased this rate. However, the extension of working lifeWorkinglife generates an increase in inequalities, especially for women. Having drastically reduced the legal provisions allowing people to leave the labour market before the legal retirement ageLegal retirement age, the Belgian federal government has adopted a series of measures aimed at extending working lifeWorkinglife. These reforms target bothWorkerolder older workersOlder workers and companies. The trade unionsTrade unions are trying to resist, however neo-liberal logic is gradually penetrating the Belgian framework.

Keywords: Time credit; Collective agreement; Informal caregivers; Extended working life; Gender; Physically demanding; Stressful jobs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40985-2_9

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