Balancing the Service Voucher System: Impact on Middle Classes, Undeclared Work, and Shareholders

2023-09-07 18:33:00

The organizations “firmly” oppose the request of the employers’ federations to “ensure the balance of the system”. “Such a substantial increase in the service voucher would be unsustainable for the lower middle classes”, argue the two organizations in the press release. In addition, they indicate that this would encourage undeclared work, but also that “the Walloon government’s proposal to increase the service voucher by 1 euro already makes it possible to structure the sector in this period of crisis”.

The FGTB, CSC and CGSLB also reacted to the announcement in a press release on Thursday. “The sector is 70% subsidized by the public authorities,” say the unions. “We are and remain of the view that public money should be used for the welfare of domestic helpers and not to further enrich a wealthy minority of shareholders.”

On Wednesday, the three employers’ federations demanded an increase of 5 euros in the value of the service voucher to give the sector a “sustainable perspective”, while half of the service voucher companies are currently in deficit, according to an economic and financial analysis commissioned to Graydon Creditsafe.

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