Negotiations in the various sectors are in full swing and some sectoral social partners have even concluded a (protocol) agreement in the meantime. Curious about the state of affairs in your sector? In this Infoflash we provide you with a handy overview.
Reminder
Every two years, the Group of Ten (= representatives of employers and workers) negotiates the wage and working conditions in the private sector. These negotiations (usually) result in an interprofessional agreement. For the period 2021-2022, the social partners unfortunately failed to conclude an interprofessional agreement. The government laid down the wage standard and the social partners translated the other themes in an extensive social agreement (as you could already read in our Infoflash of 29 July 2021).
The provisions of this social agreement now form the framework for the negotiations at sector level. These sector negotiations have meanwhile been launched in various joint committees and have already resulted in the conclusion of a sector agreement for some sectors.
Below you can find an overview of the state of affairs in the various sectors.
Sectors where negotiations have been launched
In several joint committees, a list of demands has already been submitted by the employee representatives. This means that the social partners have started their negotiations in these JCs. These JCs are among others:
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JC 100: auxiliary joint committee for manual workers |
JC 302 for the hotel industry |
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JC 105 for non-ferrous metals |
JC 202 for non-manual workers in the retail food trade |
JC 306 for insurance companies |
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JC 109 for the clothing and tailoring industry |
JC 209 for non-manual workers of the metal manufacturing industry |
JC 307 for brokerage and insurance agencies |
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JC 112 for the operation of a garage |
JC 211 for the oil industry and trade |
JC 309 for listed companies |
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JC 113 for the ceramics industry (except for JC 113.04) |
JC 215 for non-manual workers of the clothing and tailoring industry |
JC 310 for banks |
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JC 114 for the brick industry |
JC 219 for technical controls and compliance assessment services and bodies |
JC 311 for large retail companies |
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JC 115.02 for the glass industry: window glass companies |
JC 220 for non-manual workers of the food industry |
JC 312 for department stores/supermarkets |
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JC 115.03 for the glass industry: mirror manufacturing and synthetic frameworks |
JC 224 for non-manual workers of the non-ferrous metals industry |
JC 317 for security and/or surveillance services |
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JC 115.09: Glass industry: auxiliary glass sector |
JC 226 for non-manual workers of international trade, transport and logistics |
JC 321 for wholesale distributors of medicines |
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JC 117: Oil industry and trade |
JC 227 for the audiovisual sector |
JC 322.01 for licensed providers of community-based work or services |
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JC 119 for the food retail trade |
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JC 326 for the gas and electricity industry |
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JC 124 for the construction industry |
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JC 332 for the French-language and German-language welfare and healthcare sector |
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JC 126 for upholstering and carpentry |
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JC 336 for the liberal professions |
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JC 140.02 for taxis |
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JC 142.01 for metal recovery |
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JC 149.01 for electricians: installation and distribution |
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JC 149.03 for precious metals |
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JC 149.04 for metal trading |
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Sectors that already have a (protocol) agreement
The following sectors have already concluded a (protocol) agreement. As soon as we have received the final text, a detailed analysis will be included in our sectoral information.
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JC 104 for the iron industry |
JC 210 for the iron industry |
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JC 110 for textile care |
JC 214 for non-manual workers in the textile industry |
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JC 111.00 for the metal, machine and electrical construction industry |
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JC 113.04 for tile works |
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JC 118 for the food industry |
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JC 120 for the textile industry |
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JC 140.03: road transport and contract haulage |
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General trends
Based on the submitted list of demands, we see that the employee representatives are mainly focusing on the 0.4% wage margin by increasing wages, granting a corona premium of €500, extending the right to end-of-career time credit and RCC/SWT [system of unemployment with company supplement] and creating a framework for teleworking.
These demands are usually also confirmed in the (protocol) agreements that we have already been able to consult.
As soon as we have more information on the state of affairs in your sector, we will inform you via an (update of this) Infoflash or our sector information.