Before the legislative elections of May 2007, Aart Jan de Geus, the Minister for social Affairs and Employment, will have a difficult decision to take - to open or not the labour market to workers of the new Member States - while undertaking a major legislative cleaning. (Ref. 06155)
Some 46 laws involving social affairs will be abolished this year because they have become obsolete. The oldest is from 1959 and the most recent from 2002. In the same logic of simplification, the Law on working conditions (Arbeidomstandereidenwet) will be simplified, just as the Law on working hours (Arbeidstijdwet, ATW). For the latter, an amendment was approved by the government, on February 6, 2006, which sets four major rules instead of 12 previously. The new text just sets a maximum...
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