Pending complaints
No. 237/2024 European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Centrale Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique (CGSLB), Confédération des Syndicats chrétiens de Belgique (CSC) and Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB) v. Belgium
The complaint was registered on 6 February 2024. It relates to Article 6§2 (the right to collective bargaining) of the revised European Social Charter. The complainant organisations allege that the 1996 Wage Law and its 2017 amendments, which allow the Government to impose in advance a maximum margin available for wage increases, seriously undermine the autonomy of the parties to collective bargaining, in breach of Article 6§2 of the Charter. The complainant organisations further maintain that these restrictions on collective bargaining do not comply with Article G of the Charter.
Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 6 February 2024
Case-document No. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility (French only)
Case-document No. 3, Submissions by the Government on the merits (French only)
Case-document No. 4, Response from the complainants to the Government’s submissions on the merits
Case-document No. 5, Reply from the Government to the complainants'response on the merits (French only)
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 1 July 2024.
Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 237/2024
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