Issuance of a government decree eliminating the portability of the seniority premium in the case of unemployment.
Due to the change in government the measure has slipped beyond the envisaged completion date. The new government has set up an intergovernmental working group involving social partners which first meeting was on January 10, 2006.  Agreement with social partners to eliminate the seniority bonuses is sb for March 31, 2006, and adoption of a decree eliminating the seniority bonuses is sb for June 30, 2006.