The UWV disbursed millions from the STAP budget to phantom students, BNR reported on Friday. Their report showed that the benefit agency has yet to reclaim 2.6 million euros from these students. The STAP budget is an allowance of 1,000 euros intended to help people increase their chances in the labor market through retraining or additional training. Anyone aged 18 or older can apply, provided they’re not receiving a state pension.
The D66 wants to let asylum seekers start working in the Netherlands sooner and for longer. According to the party, this will help asylum seekers integrate faster and will help fill staff shortages in the Netherlands’ tight labor market. The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, will debate this proposal by D66 MP Anne-Marijke Podt on Monday, NOS reports.
Find out about the obligation for self-employed individuals to pay up to €225 per month for disability insurance in the Netherlands as of next year. The posts explore views concerning the law.
The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, is divided about labor migration - both the numbers and the desired approach to prevent the exploitation of migrant workers. Several parties want a (provisional) stop on migrant workers, including SP, ChirstenUnie, and PVV. The CDA believes that “the difficult debate” on whether limits should be set on the free movement of persons should be held in Europe.
The vast majority, 72 percent, of self-employed people in the Netherlands are against plans for compulsory disability insurance, according to a survey among 9,200 freelancers by the Association of Self-Employed in the Netherlands (VZN). Most cite the cost as the reason they don’t want mandatory cover.