News - Social affairs & work
31 news items on Social affairs & work
Extra AOV for elderly people with a low income
From January 1st 2020, the old age pension (Algemene Ouderdomsverzekering, AOV) will be supplemented for elderly people with a ...
Minimum wages and benefits increase as of January 1st, 2020
Income in the Caribbean Netherlands continues to rise as of January 1st, 2020. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment ...
Dutch Cabinet sets benchmark for social minimum CN
The Dutch Cabinet has set a benchmark for a social minimum in the Caribbean Netherlands, an indicative amount that someone at ...
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 ...