Netherlands: towards a ban on housing cost deductions from migrant workers’ wages

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The news. On September 10, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Hans Vijlbrief (centre-left) sent a letter to the House of Representatives, stating that he intends to prohibit employers from deducting rent costs from migrant workers’ minimum wages.

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