The Netherlands is implementing its mid-year law changes on July 1. Several changes will impact Netherlands residents in the wallets, including an increase in the minimum wage and linked social assistance benefits. Temporary rental contracts for homes will no longer be the norm, supermarkets can no longer sell tobacco products, and untaken vacation days expire on July 1. Changes that …
SP member of parliament Renske Leijten is leaving the Tweede Kamer next week after seventeen years, according to her party. "Because without her involvement, the benefits scandal would not have surfaced the way it did, and many people would still be in the dark." Niet om het vragen, maar om mensen die in… https://t.co/0sZpztA0Vp — Pieter Omtzigt July 1, 2023 …
The independent government investigation service, Rijksrecherche, is investigating whether or not top officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Dutch tax service, Belastingdienst, committed perjury in front of the parliamentary committee tasked with examining the childcare benefits scandal, according to Nieuwsuur. The decision to launch the investigation was already made back in June 2021, around the same time that …
