Arbitration award dismissed for lack of jurisdiction due to failure to exhaust prior administrative remedies.

The Arbitration Court of Brussels dismissed the arbitration award because the parties failed to exhaust mandatory administrative remedies before seeking arbitration. The employer argued that the dispute regarding working hours required prior negotiation under labor law, while the employee insisted on direct arbitration. The court ruled that bypassing the required administrative procedure rendered the arbitration agreement inapplicable to this specific dispute.