Comment on Telegram team left Russia and looking for a country to work fromparentComments−patrickaljord12yI read a year ago that the Netherlands were about to pass big reforms to shrink the welfare state. Did that ever happen?−mtrimpe12yAlso; not really. Small changes on the fringes and generally lowering welfare payouts but nothing too massive, luckily.Firing was made a lot easier in the private sector though; reducing it to essentially at will employment with a forced separation allowance.−huskyr12yMore or less. One thing that is happening in the near future is moving the responsibilities for long-term care from the national government to local municipalities, that will probably get less money for it as well.
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I read a year ago that the Netherlands were about to pass big reforms to shrink the welfare state. Did that ever happen?
Also; not really. Small changes on the fringes and generally lowering welfare payouts but nothing too massive, luckily.
Firing was made a lot easier in the private sector though; reducing it to essentially at will employment with a forced separation allowance.
More or less. One thing that is happening in the near future is moving the responsibilities for long-term care from the national government to local municipalities, that will probably get less money for it as well.