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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

 

Restructuring in Belgium - Background paper [3 November 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1080.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/80/en/1/EF1080EN.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]



Author: Foundation

Summary: This background paper gives an overview of restructuring in Belgium from the first quarter of 2008 until the third quarter of 2010. Along with basic descriptive statistics outlining the employment effect of restructuring activities in Belgium, this overview includes brief narratives of individual cases with a view to highlighting interesting patterns in restructuring or other noteworthy aspects. This background paper is based on information drawn from Eurofound's European Restructuring Monitor (ERM).

 

Contents

Development of employment levels in Belgium

Restructuring in Belgium: evidence from the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)

Industry in focus: pharmaceuticals

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