Plans to reduce golden handshakes and make it easier for companies to sack staff will hit older workers particularly hard, according to the Dutch personnel officers’ organisation NVP.
The organisation says it is raising the alarm because it wants to ensure a ‘reasonable’ approach to redundancy. ‘We work for employers but we also see the other side,’ NVP board member Andries Bongers told Trouw.
The new measures, which have not yet gone through parliament, are aimed at making the workforce more flexible. However, Bongers says workforces are already extremely flexible and no-one is offered a permanent contract any more.
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via DutchNews.nl – New redundancy rules will hit older staff.
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