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The number of Brussels residents in employment reached a record number last year with a total of 479,000 inhabitants of the capital active in the labour market, 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”.
There are 3,000 jobs to be filled on the outskirts of Brussels and 66,000 if the whole of Flanders is taken into consideration, according to the employment bodies Actiris, responsible for the Brus
Actiris, the Brussels employment office, has published a list of more than 40 courses providing training in occupations where staff are currently in short supply.
As a result of the health crisis, complaints about government services, specifically related to unemployment, have exploded, the office of the federal ombudsman said a press release Wednesday.
Unions hope to find a solution to reduce the number of layoffs carried out by US freight carrier FedEx in Belgium, representatives said on Wednesday after a meeting with the Walloon government.
The Brussels government approved on Thursday a draft decree aimed at increasing the amount of "independent premium" funding for jobseekers looking to start their own business.
Brussels employment minister Bernard Clerfayt has asked the employment agency Actiris to develop a new project to make it easier for the unemployed to get a job in healthcare.
Incoming Brussels labour minister Bernard Clerfayt wants more Brussels jobs to be filled by locals.
