The "Procédure Renault" is a term referring to a Belgian Labour law of 13 February 1998 related to collective redundancies.
It foresees a legally mandatory consultation period when an employer intends to proceed with a collective redundancy, as well as specific termination indemnity.
Due to the controversial nature of the closure the Belgian government empowered the Conseil National du Travail/Nationale Arbeidsraad (CNT/NAR) to report on the consultation procedure.
[3] Since enactment the term Procédure Renault has been used in the Belgian media to refer to the consultation between workers and employers prior to mass redundancies.
[9] Although originally designed to support mass lay offs in big production plants, also other businesses like TomTom in 2022, have to follow the Procédure Renault.