The Cabinet is Tackling the Flexibilization of the Labor Market. For Example, Temporary Workers and on-Call Workers Will Receive More Rights. Zero-your contracts will be banned, and the accumulation of temporary contracts will be prevented by a mandatory break of five years.
The Cabinet Wants People To Get A Permanent Job Faster. The Number of Employees with An Uncertain Employment contract in The Netherlands is Well Above the European Average. Figures from Statistics Agency CBS Show That 2.7 Million People in our country a flexible employment contract.
Work is also more or done through employment agencies in our country. The Cabinet calls the share of flexible work excessive and believes that the situation causes abuses.
“For some Companies and Sectors, Precarious Work Has Become a Business Model,” Says Minister Eddy Van Hijum of Social Affairs and Employment. “With this Bill, we make it more diffress to exploit people through revolving by or temporary employment constructions.”
Temporary Workers Receive the Same Terms of Employment As People who Are Permanently Employed. The period in which temporary workers can be dismissed every day and do not know how many hours are allowed to work is shorted from one and a half to one year.
The New Law Should also Ensure That Employees Receive A Permanent Contract Sooner After A Temporary Contract. Now, After Three Temporary Contracts, Employees Are Not Allowed to Receive A Temporary Contract From An Employer For Six Months. That Period is Extended to Five Years to Prevent Employees From Continuously Receiving Temporary Contracts.