Netherlands: a ruling in favor of a jobless who refused a reasonable job offer

A ruling was rendered, on October 8, 2008 in Arnhem, which goes against the government's logic that the jobless should accept "reasonable jobs." (Ref. 080785)
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Since July 1, new job seekers have to accept any job, at the risk of loosing their unemployment insurance (WW.) this reform doesn’t concern the long-term unemployed and non-active people who receive social benefits from the municipalities. People who receive these benefits and who refuse a job are usually punished by a temporary decrease in the amount of their allowance, for one month. The Arnhem court judged that the city cannot deprive a 44-year-old unemployed from the €636 a month he gets fr

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