Belgian Workers Win Right to Request Four-Day Week

'The aim is to be able to make people and businesses stronger,' said the prime minister.

Andrea GermanosBelgium announced Tuesday a package of labor reforms that includes affording workers the right to request a four-day work week.

"With this agreement, we set a beacon for an economy that is more innovative, sustainable, and digital," Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said at a press conference after the seven-party coalition government reached the agreement."The aim is to be able to make people and businesses stronger." The coronavirus pandemic, he added,"has forced us to work more flexibly and combine our private and working lives," which"has led to new ways of working.","employees can work a maximum of 9.5 hours per day, with the possibility of extending to 10 hours per day via a collective agreement between the company and trade unions to allow employees to complete their full-time working week in just four days.

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