Belgium: a banking sector agreement that focuses on training and teleworking

Primary measures within this agreement. Training is a key priority the agreement clarifies thus, “Companies commit to developing career-related policies focused on development, feasible work and employability.’ In concrete terms, from 2020 required minimum training opportunities will rise from 4 days per annum to 5 for all employees in banks with at least 750 headcount, while for other bank employees the number of days rises from three to four. In addition, as part of the ‘Groups at Risk’ Collective Labour Agreement, banks have until 30 November 2019 to conclude a company CLA for 2019 and 2020 that aims to allocate 10% of payroll to support identified ‘groups at risk’.…