Asscher: WW government will not further retrenchment – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

The government does not concur with the proposal of the Central Planning to retrench further unemployment. According to the CPB would be long-term unemployed should stimulate additional to look for a job. Asscher Minister of Social Affairs sees nothing in the plan

Asscher. “Let me be clear: the unemployment we do not go retrenchment . That is not the solution. It’s not that people do not want. We need to create more jobs. That is why our commitment to reduce the cost of work.

all unions FNV and CNV earlier today reacted critically to the CPB report. Ton Heerts of the FNV said that the government should not cut into the income of the unemployed, need to focus on retraining, counseling to other jobs and preventing discrimination against older people by employers

CNV-voorzitter Maurice Limmen said earlier today that the CPB report with his people unnecessary hunts wits. “The CPB rightly draws attention to the problems of the elderly in the labor market, but then stores the mark with false solutions.”