One in ten civil servants at the central government had to deal with racism in the workplace in the past year, State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Home Affairs) reported based on a survey. An approximately equally large group has experienced colleagues being racist towards citizens. Around 4,500 government officials were interviewed for the study.
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Whistleblowers are entitled to free legal aid and conflict mediation since last Thursday, January 31. This was announced by State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Digitalization) and Minister Franc Weerwind (Legal Protection) together with the House for Whistleblowers. They hope that this will encourage more people to speak up about social grievances and will not be deterred by the threat of a legal dispute with their employer.
Outgoing State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Digitalization) is quitting X because the platform does not comply with EU laws and does not appear to have any intention of doing so, she told NU.nl. “For me, it is done,” she told the newspaper.