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Belgium is one of the few post-industrialised countries where more than 50% of the dependent labour force belongs to a trade union | Belgium is one of the few post-industrialised countries where more than 50% of the dependent labour force belongs to a trade union | ||
The main responsibility for welfare payments and unemployment benefits is handled by trade/labour unions rather than government agencies | The main responsibility for welfare payments and unemployment benefits is handled by trade/labour unions rather than government agencies | ||
− | This is a system first implemented in Ghent and is known as '''the Ghent system''' | + | This is a system first implemented in Ghent and is known as '''the Ghent system'''<ref>The Ghent system is the name given to an arrangement in some countries whereby the main responsibility for welfare payments, especially unemployment benefits, is held by trade/labor unions, rather than a government agency. |
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+ | The system is named after the city of Ghent, Belgium, where it was first implemented. It is the predominant form of unemployment benefit in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Belgium has a hybrid or "quasi-Ghent" system, in which the government also plays a significant role in distributing benefits. In all of the above countries, unemployment funds held by unions or labour federations are regulated and/or partly subsidised by the national government concerned. | ||
+ | Because workers in many cases need to belong to a union to receive benefits, union membership is higher in countries with the Ghent system. Furthermore, the state benefit is a fixed sum, but the union benefits depend on previous earnings.</ref> | ||
Socialist Elio di Rupo was appointed to lead a six-party coalition in December 2011, finally giving Belgium a government after nearly a record year-and-a-half (451 days) of no governance | Socialist Elio di Rupo was appointed to lead a six-party coalition in December 2011, finally giving Belgium a government after nearly a record year-and-a-half (451 days) of no governance | ||
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=== iMinds === | === iMinds === | ||
== Investment Scene == | == Investment Scene == | ||
+ | == References == | ||
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Belgium is one of the few post-industrialised countries where more than 50% of the dependent labour force belongs to a trade union The main responsibility for welfare payments and unemployment benefits is handled by trade/labour unions rather than government agencies This is a system first implemented in Ghent and is known as the Ghent system[1]
Socialist Elio di Rupo was appointed to lead a six-party coalition in December 2011, finally giving Belgium a government after nearly a record year-and-a-half (451 days) of no governance
Culture
Etiquette and Protocol
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
iMinds
Investment Scene
References
- ↑ The Ghent system is the name given to an arrangement in some countries whereby the main responsibility for welfare payments, especially unemployment benefits, is held by trade/labor unions, rather than a government agency. The system is named after the city of Ghent, Belgium, where it was first implemented. It is the predominant form of unemployment benefit in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Belgium has a hybrid or "quasi-Ghent" system, in which the government also plays a significant role in distributing benefits. In all of the above countries, unemployment funds held by unions or labour federations are regulated and/or partly subsidised by the national government concerned. Because workers in many cases need to belong to a union to receive benefits, union membership is higher in countries with the Ghent system. Furthermore, the state benefit is a fixed sum, but the union benefits depend on previous earnings.