Marc De Vos notes how the European Commission in its recommendations for Belgium returns to known structural shortages of the Belgian labour market. He offers a list of concrete policy proposals for the upcoming years.

At the start of the academic year Itinera takes a look at the evolution of higher education. Itinera organized a survey of the academic corps: 5000 academics, 1300 respondents. The findings of the workplace of the universities and colleges provide alarming observations.

A company survey with Partena shows the economic damage due to the uncertainty regarding the unification of dismissal law for white collar and blue collar workers, and underlines the impasse and divisions.

Itinera conducted a survey with 1.024 employers regarding the single status, in collaboration with Partena , the independent social secretaryship which is active throughout Belgium.

The collected data provide a representative overview of employers in the country.