Foreign workers' lot still dire, councils report more problems
Dutch NewsLocal councils are reporting increased problems linked to labour migration, saying they want better controls of staffing agencies that bring in foreign workers to do low-skilled jobs in farming, in slaughterhouses and logistics. Some 93% of the local councils said the companies who hire foreign workers should carry their part of the responsibility for workers who are let go. But we The councils said they want binding agreements with employers “who are reaping the benefits of cheap labour” which would cover the “cost of the accommodation, obligatory language classes during working hours, and the costs of the consequences of the homelessness of former workers”. Legislation delayed Legislation designed to stop low-skilled workers from abroad from being exploited by staffing agencies has been postponed again because there is no one to monitor compliance, social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum told parliament last month.
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