Wouter Bos, the chancellor of the exchequer, asked, on September 4, 2007, private companies' boards of directors to introduce themselves limits to their CEOs' emoluments and leave bonuses. If these thresholds are not spontaneously set up, the labour minister did not hide that he intended to "take steps". (Ref. 070723)
In a country which prizes its equalitarian spirit, trade unions and left wing parties have been asking, for several years, for a law to limit the private sector’s incomes, judged excessive. “Absurd amounts are paid, whereas the link between pay and performance has become blurry”, declared Wouter Bros, who said that he had a discussion on this topic with a limited committee composed of fifteen big bosses, at the end of August in the Hague. On Monday, September 3, the confederation of Dutch Indus
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