On September 18, 2007, the Dutch government announced, as part of the Finance Act for 2008, a series of social measures. The goal is to increase the employment rate in order to preserve public finance, put to a severe test by population ageing. (Ref. 070779)
The ruling left-wing coalition is pursuing the work realized by the former center-right government: its main goal is to ensure better the financing of pensions in an ageing country, by bringing as many people as possible to work. Young people, women and seniors are directly concerned. People under 27 will no longer be allowed to benefit from any welfare benefits and they will either have to work or to study. Women are encouraged to back to work and the actual tax exemption for the inactive spou
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