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Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest; Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest; Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Location of affected unit(s)
Brussels
Sector
Public Administration / Defence 84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 84.1 - Administration of the State and the economic, social and environmental policies of the community 84.11 - General public administration activities
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 May 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Belgian Ministry of Finance will recruit 800 new employees. Of them, 100 employees are recruited in order to enforce the Special Tax Inspection (STI) system. The 700 other new employees will have to handle fraud cases. The recruitment operation is possible as the government has finished the recruitment freeze in place since the summer of 2014.
Sources
15 May 2015: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Belgian Ministry of Finance (FOD), Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 83565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/83565.