The Dutch government has presented a bill aimed at combating bogus self-employment, which is thought to affect 200,000 people in the country. It proposes introducing a threshold of €36 per hour, below which companies risk being presumed to be employing staff when they use self-employed contractors.
On 7 July, the Netherlands’ right-wing government submitted a bill to parliament aimed at combating bogus self-employment. The bill introduces a threshold of €36 per hour, below which the relationship with an employer will be considered employment. Of the 1.3 million self-employed workers in the country, the government estimates that 200,000 should be employees. According to the government’s statement, the aim is threefold: to combat unfair competition between workers and between companies,...
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Antoine Piel
Section Head at Mind HR