News - Social affairs & work
28 news items on Social affairs & work
BES(t) 4 Kids extends childcare place subsidies
It is the ambition of BES(t) 4 kids to to offer high-quality, safe and affordable childcare and afterschool care for all children ...
Work visit state secretaries Van Ark and Knops
From January 6th till January 10th Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure and Water Management), state secretary Van Ark ...
More people are eligible for special social relief
The income threshold for receiving special social relief has been increased to 120% of the statutory minimum wage from 1 January ...
SZW stops providing mediation at Mariadal
The head of the RCN-unit SZW, Eric Brakke, has decided to no longer provide for mediation in the collective bargaining of ...
Work permit policy Saba eased
The policy on work permits has been eased for a number of professions on Saba.
Multidisciplinary action on construction site
On Wednesday October 22th, KPCN, KMar, the Belastingdienst CN and the Labor Inspectorate carried out an action on a construction ...
Round table meeting on the future of the Central Dialogue
November 15th, 2018 the parties participating in the Central Dialogue Bonaire ( Centrale Dialoog Bonaire) will meet again in a ...
Employers’ premiums to decrease effective January 1st
The new employers’ premiums for the Caribbean Netherlands have been published in the ‘Staatscourant’. The Ministry of Social ...
Extractions reimbursed by SZW
From now on, the RCN unit Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) reimburses tooth extractions for residents of Bonaire with a low ...
Increase of 5% of minimum wage and social benefits for Caribbean Netherlands in the new year
Many residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are struggling to make ends meet. The government is well aware of this and ...