De Algemene Raad van het ACV keurt met 88% het ontwerp van interprofessioneel akkoord voor 2017-2018 goed.

"Met dit akkoord geven we opnieuw perspectief aan heel veel mensen. Voor wie werkt komt er een marge voor loonopslag tot 1,1%, bovenop de index.

On 25 October 2016, the Ghent Employment Tribunal ordered a company to pay damages of €22,000 to a former employee who had lost her job while suffering from cancer. The case was reported by the Belgian press only in late December. The dismissal letter sent to the employee stated that her long periods of absence had compromised her 'continuity of service'.

On 10 January, the European Commission published its second draft of the revised Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work. The omission of diesel engine exhaust from this draft has prompted criticism by the European trade union movement.