considerably more dynamic than large firms in terms of job creation. At regional level, the expansion of employment was stronger in … branch and the health sector that supported the employment growth. In Flanders, the contraction of employment in trade and … 2010, firms invested more in formal and informal training for their workers, who also participated in such training in …

training, are as follows. Employment in the enterprises of the limited population increased by 0.3 p.c. on average between 2003 … around 1,331,000 workers in 2004. The main results of the analysis, in terms of employment, working hours, labour cost and … year. The growth of employment was particularly strong in the companies employing less than 50 full-time equivalents …

,441,000 workers in 2005. The main results of the analysis are as follows. As an average, employment increased by 0.5 p.c. between 2004 …, falling to only half the previous year’s level. In fact, employment expanded in small and medium-sized enterprises while large … by around 8,400 units between year-end 2004 and 2005, representing 37.7 p.c. of total employment at 31 December 2005 …

The impact of the economic recession on employment is reflected in the information gleaned from social balance sheets … reduce the volume of labour, part-time employment increased in 2009, at the expense of full-time jobs, mainly because of the … employer’s staff register, which has tended to limit the drop in the number of workers in employment, while the volume of hours …

According to the results of the social balance sheets available in September 2008, employment rose by 2.3 p.c. in 2007 … analysis also highlights the further advance in 2007 of temporary employment contracts – whose proportion is tending to become … discernible in terms of hourly costs, depending on the size and branch of activity of the companies. In terms of training, the …

According to the 2006 social balance sheets of Belgian enterprises, employment on average increased by 1.3 p.c. between …. Employment grew in all branches of activity except in industry. A marked rise was recorded in the number of part-time workers …, too. Consequently, the part-time employment rate increased again, the rise being especially strong for the male workforce …

There was an average annual increase in employment of 1.7 p.c. in 2008, according to the statistics gleaned from a … breakdown of staff numbers by educational level. On average, women tend to have a more intensive level of training than men …. Workers’ educational requirements vary considerably according to the branch of activity. Since the year 2008, training …

qualification level for women. Employment trends between 2011 and 2012 were analysed on the basis of a constant population of 48 385 … firms. Against the background of output contraction, the slower employment growth rate during the year resulted in a … training, while the percentage of employees receiving formal or informal training rose to 43.5% and 26.3% respectively …

,372,000 workers in 2003. The main results of the analysis of that reduced population are as follows. Employment declined at an annual … were not renewed. At the same time, there was little change in the structure of employment by type of contract, where … enterprises in the reduced population. Staff costs were up by 1.6 p.c. between 2002 and 2003. Since employment in terms of full …

entities, the level of their training indicators is not systematically lower. Employment contracted slightly between the end of … uniformity of working arrangements and employment contracts. The annual working time is longer on average in small and very small … average than those of large firms. It is also shown that, even though the proportion of training firms is lower among small …