On Tuesday, a former head of the Dutch intelligence agency and counterterrorism office was unexpectedly nominated to become the next prime minister of the Netherlands. The nomination of 67-year-old Dick Schoof came after leaders forming a four-party coalition, led by Geert Wilders far-right Party for Freedom, endorsed him
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FNV accused Dutch municipalities of discrimination against sheltered employment workers and lodged a complaint with the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights. According to the trade union, employees of municipalities received a wage increase and compensation for high inflation as part of their new collective bargaining agreement, whereas individuals employed in sheltered employment did not receive a wage increase.
More than 340 municipalities in the Netherlands are against continuing to implement the energy surcharge for low-income households for the Cabinet. Municipalities are not national implementing organizations and therefore the energy surcharge should again be paid by the government starting next year, argued the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG). Furthermore, VNG claimed that the regulation would put too much strain and burden on their employees, De Stentor reports.