Transcript Overview of The Netherlands

VSZOSZ conference
June 22 2011 Budapest
Leo Kooyman NL
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Inhabitants :
16 million
Unemployment rate :
4,5%
National minimum wage: 1416€ / month
National assistance
: 656 / 1313 month (fam)
Special act sheltered employment 100.000 pwd
Municipalities are obliged to take care of:
- sheltered / supported employment (wsw)
- national assistance benefits
(wwb )
- provisions for p.w.d. / home / care/ transport
Municipalities are the shareholders of the
companies
KOOYMAN AdvieSWerk
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Targetgroup: disadvantage p.w.d for regular
labour market, with still capacities >15%
Selection committee
100.000 employed 20.000 at waiting list
95 executive organizations
40% inside workshops, 30 % facilitary services,
30% in secundment and subsidised jobs
Wages= normal. No relation with productivity
Average wage: 125 % of the Nat. Min. Wage
30% physically -, 30% mentally-, 40 % psychically
disabled
Average subsidy 70% of the total cost ( wages)
Fulltime job = 36 h/w
25.ooo p/pwd
KOOYMAN AdvieSWerk
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Doing more than only Wsw
100.000 wsw,
25.000 training and preparation (temporary)
Staff 1:10
Cooperations with regular companies
Joint ventures
Well equiped, modern, professional staff,
compatative, enterprenurial
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Starts in 1969,
Restyled 1989
Restyled 1998
a) sheltered
Restyled 2005
declaration system
budgetsystem, targets
2 balanced legislations
empl b) long unemployed
Pressing on transistions and
supported employment
No quota system
“ no risk” arrangement for employers ( p.w.d)
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100.000 +20.000 WSw waiting list
( 125% wage )
50.000 / 100.000 young disabled jobseekers
( max 70-85 % income)
100.000
in Nat assistance program( WWB)
( 80%)
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New goverment, financial problems
Create a new approach:
“work due your capacity” in regular work
for all people at the lower part of the labour
market, but for the real pwd a separete law
Combination of income based at productivity
and income from nat assistence ( max 100%)
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Municipalities want to have one general law
Do not change the model and cut the subsidy
Extra budget for tranformation ( 400mln ?)
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Respect the rights of the old population
How to convinced employers
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NL , no quoata system, no nondiscrimination
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Is a jobseeker with a disability equal to a
long time unemployed person
 If you change systems how to deal with
rights and lifelong garanties
 Are employers looking for pwd or for cheap
labour ( Poland, Romania)
 Enterprises want to have the possibilities:
a) secundment against own employment
b) to place orders/ contracts
c) to be served by specialised providers
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Equal rights
Normal income
Employers rights / trade unions
Development of skills / training
Doing normal work / products/services
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Q&A
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Thank you for your attention