Childcare very often more expensive than allowance rate; Parents pay €3,210 per month
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Childcare very often more expensive than allowance rate; Parents pay €3,210 per month

NL Times  

Last year, three-quarters of Netherlands parents paid a higher hourly rate for childcare than the maximum rate the government set for the childcare allowance, Statistics Netherlands reported. Last year, over 700,000 parents received childcare allowance for just over 1 million children. For parents with one child in childcare, the childcare costs amounted to an average of 6,130 euros last year. Parents with three or more children spent almost 16,580 euros on childcare last year, and got almost 68 percent reimbursed.

Childcare Children Parents Rate Euros Allowance Hourly Childcare Allowance  children  rate  pay  childcare  euros  allowance  3210  parents  month  paid  number  hourly  expensive  maximum

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Gov't to increase childcare allowance again to compensate rising costs
2 years ago

Gov't to increase childcare allowance again to compensate rising costs

NL Times  

Working parents will get a little more compensation next year for the rising childcare rates. When determining the maximum hourly rates parents can get from the childcare allowance, the Cabinet based its calculations on outdated inflation figures. As a result, the planned allowance increase was quickly outpaced by the actual costs facing parents. Earlier this week, the Cabinet already announced …

Dutch government increases childcare allowance to cover rising costs
2 years ago

Dutch government increases childcare allowance to cover rising costs

NL Times  

The government will increase the childcare allowance slightly more next year to compensate for the sharply rising costs of childcare, Minister Karien van Gennip said in a letter to parliament on Tuesday. Last week, RTL Nieuws reported that childcare costs were increasing significantly more than the allowance next year, by 10 and 5.6 percent, respectively. Instead of 5.6 percent, the …

New parents are entitled to more paid leave, but is it enough?
2 years, 4 months ago

New parents are entitled to more paid leave, but is it enough?

Dutch News  

An expansion of the paid parental leave system comes into effect for new parents in the Netherlands from Tuesday, allowing mothers and partners to take off nine weeks paid at 70% of their daily rate up – to a maximum of €155 a day. This replaces part of the unpaid leave system through which parents can also take off a …

Majority of parents want cheaper daycare, FNV survey shows
3 years, 6 months ago

Majority of parents want cheaper daycare, FNV survey shows

NL Times  

Dutch parents see a great need for more affordable childcare. A survey by trade union FNV and the Foundation for Working Parents showed that 67% of parents in the Netherlands want free childcare or to pay a steeply reduced fee. 64% indicate that free childcare would unburden them, and more than half would purchase more childcare services if they cost …

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