The BX1 board of directors wanted to grant the four members of the management committee, as well as to the Director General, an extralegal remuneration. The allocation of this bonus is not, however, not automatic, since linked to the evaluation of the person and the meeting of certain objectives, in particular financial.
The golden parachute at 550,000 euros from the director of BX1
10,000 to 15,000 euros
The possibility of granting warrants worth € 10,000 for the first level of management was thus offered to approval to the board of directors, and € 15,000 for the second level of management. “The interest in BX1 is to give a correct gratuity to the best cost: an granting plan of warrants for € 10,000 results in a net of € 4,500; it would take € 14,800 to obtain the same net in bonus salary. A” warrant “of € 6,800 net costs the employer against € 22,200 in the form of a salary bonus”can we read in the minutes of this board of directors.
According to Marc de Haan, managing director of BX1, these warrants have only been granted once since the implementation of this possibility. “”They were not last year, and they will not be this year “, he said. “”You have to remember that, when this decision was made, BX1 was in boni. We had put up to 2 million euros aside, and this is especially the fruit of my work. We wanted to have high -level people in the business. “
Meanwhile, the chain’s financial situation deteriorated (it was in deficit in 2023 and 2024), in particular due to the construction of the new BX1 building, close to that of RTBF. “”This move, we undergo it and we were not asking for going to this building“, Specifies the managing director of BX1.
In 2022, BX1’s financial situation was indeed more enviable, and the local Brussels TV in public service wanted to make the remuneration of its management more attractive. The goal was to attract new profiles and avoid seeing the talents go to other skies. During the board of directors of May 2022, the same Marc de Haan had thus highlighted the problem posed by the lack of prospect of wage progression.
Maroun Labaki (Ecolo), then chairman of the board of directors, had supported his request. “”This was part of the desire to offer competitive wages to the management teams of BX1, who have lower wages than in other companies of the same type “, assumes the former president of the CA, contacted by Free.
Does wages between 100,000 and 140,000 euros gross employed per year not allow recruit a HRD or a financial director? “I think if”.
The proposal, however, was not unanimous. Several voices had raised to challenge it at this meeting. “”Does wages between 100,000 and 140,000 euros gross employed per year not allow recruit a HRD or a financial director? ‘I think if’“, had pointed one of the administrators. He also recalled that the remuneration had already been revalued, that BX1 “is a public service funded mainly by subsidies and that half of the chain jobs are subsidized through ACS contracts (jobs subsidized by Actiris).”
Jacqueline Galant denounces the granting of a “golden parachute” to the director of BX1 and blocks the payment of subsidies to the chain
Narrowly validated by a vote
“The advantages granted via these warrants by the Board of Directors seemed completely disproportionate to me given the size of BX1 (less than a seventy workers)”slips a former administrator who had also tried to oppose the measure.
The granting of the warrants will have been validated narrowly, with 6 votes for, 5 against, and one abstention. Administrator MR supported the granting, notably emphasizing the need for BX1 of “Stimulate members of the management committee “.
