Job creation has lowered unemployment, but the Belgian labour market still faces many challenges. Employment rates … combination of income support and incentives could be achieved through reforming both unemployment and in-work benefits. Reforming … some aspects of employment protection legislation, such as those related to collective dismissals, and the wage formation …

and helps to preserve jobs in the context of a recession by making employment and unemployment less elastic with respect …, the net effect of STW on employment was negligible or may even have become negative. However, the gross impact of STW on …