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The Brussels federation of CPAS social welfare providers is warning that the looming cuts to unemployment benefits could cause a massive influx in people seeking government assistance.
From 1 September, foreign students will no longer be entitled to child benefit in the Brussels region, the Brussels parliament has agreed.
Workers at Belgium's social welfare organisations (CPAS) held a strike on Thursday to denounce the reform of long-term unemployment benefits and a general lack of resources in the social sector.
A trade union has vowed to fight government plans to cut off benefits for at least 100,000 long-term unemployed in Belgium, by offering legal help to any member who challenges the decision in cour
Controversy is continuing over Belgium’s plans to cut unemployment benefit for anyone remaining out of work for more than two years.
An investigation has been launched into claims of systemic benefits fraud within the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht.
Brussels families living in a property whose total cadastral income is more than €2,000 will no longer be eligible to receive top-ups to their child benefit payments, it has been announced.
From 1 January 2023, paternity leave for self-employed fathers in Belgium will be extended to 20 days (or 40 half days), RTBF reports.
Flanders will be implementing mandatory community service for the long-term unemployed beginning in 2023, in what the government says is an effort to help jobseekers “retain social skills”.
