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In 1998, the National Employment Bureau (ONEM) penalized 44,500 unemployed men and women on grounds of fraud, false declarations, moonlighting, willful desertion of jobs and long-term unemployment. The sanctions involved the temporary or permanent suspension of unemployment benefits, along with, in some cases, the mandatory reimbursement of benefits. For the first time, the ONEM allowed a TV crew to film the hearings of several "defendants": the husband of a hairdresser accused of having served a drink to a customer, a young unemployed man who had claimed he was "on his own" when in fact he was living at his parents' or with friends, a truck driver who deserted a job before the end of a trial period... All three were in the breach of unemployment legislation. Tension, anger, dejection. L'Hebdo, the RTBF news magazine, followed the hearing procedures to the distribution of penalties.

Belgium - 1999 - 28 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Réalisation André Dartevelle Enquête Marie-Hélène Rabier Image Michel Techy Son Michel Van Damme Montage Emmanuelle Dupuis

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