During the second quarter, 29 companies in Belgium announced their intention to proceed with collective redundancies, threatening 3,604 jobs over this period, according to the latest figures on the subject from the Federal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue. “The consequences of the coronavirus crisis have been fully felt,” analyzes the federal administration.
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The contrast between the first and second quarter of this year is significant. In the first three months of the year, only seven companies announced their intention to proceed with collective redundancies, with possible consequences for 879 jobs. In April, May and June, such announcements were multiplied by four, and 3,604 jobs in 29 companies are threatened.
The trade balance is the worst since the last quarter of 2016, according to the latest statistics relayed Tuesday by the newspaper De Tijd.
The month of June alone takes up half of the companies (18) which have announced a collective dismissal and almost half of the job losses announced (2,099), underlines the SPF Emploi. We will have to see in the coming months if this trend continues.
Brussels Airlines far ahead …
The main intention of the collective layoff concerned Brussels Airlines, which announced that it wanted to part with 950 staff members. But there have also been significant announcements within the catering company Compass Group (550 jobs), the fashion group FNG (parent company of Brantano, 287), the oil refinery Gunvor Petroleum Antwerpen (230), from the auto division of D’Ieteren (211), etc.
Following negotiations with the unions, only 76 jobs out of a total of 2,210 threatened were able to be saved among the Renault procedures closed during the first half.
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