UTRECHT -” Dozens of putting Dutch shipyards widely workers from Romania who through the outdated European A1 scheme be much cheaper than peers from around the corner. the wages of these Romanian welders and painters mainly consists of net fees thereby seriously prejudicing the Dutch treasury and Dutch shipbuilders lose their jobs because they are three times more expensive then Romanian colleagues “, says trade union FNV Saturday.
FNV these abuses came on the track at an inquiry into the remuneration of 120 Romanians Groningen shipyard GS Yard in housings. “The agency which takes people to the Netherlands, Den Breejen Work, mediates in a completely dishonest way. The union demanded modernization of Europe A1 scheme, arrears and want the Romanians now simply be paid through the collective agreement.”
by knocking each other
“Employees are pitted against each other through various tricks. Let the Dutch and Romanian workers on the yards just colleagues and not competitors. Some of these Romanians working for seven, eight years on this site and are entitled to a real job, “says Masha Black team Compliance FNV.
While there are made hefty gains in shipbuilding, the 100 Romanian welders a month a half million cheaper for the employer than if they were to be paid by the Dutch collective agreement.
“The Romanians are fine colleagues They work hard and well, but the plague is:.. They are more than half cheaper than I,” Mustafa says who lost his job as lasbaas HS Yard housings 2015. “I have put aside because I was too expensive,” he says.
Destroying report Inspectorate SZW
Employees of team Compliance FNV take some time eye or shipyards to comply with the collective agreement. When Romanian workers Den Breejen told that they only have a net pay arrangement and not receive paychecks, the FNV the Inspectorate SZW engaged in.
Last month, the Inspectorate issued a report on FNV on the working conditions of 100 Romanian temporary Den Breejen building ships for GS Yard BV housings.
this report shows that the collective agreement through many tricks is bypassed. Except for GS Yard employees at FNV Romanians Den Breejen also working on numerous other shipyards throughout the Netherlands. The extremely low gross hourly wages of Romanians is quite picked plust a net daily allowance.
The men and women working 56 hours per week. Thus a Dutch welder would earn 4300 euros, Romanians have received 2100 euros for net. Taxes and social contributions are barely paid for the Romanians, thanks to the A1 scheme
Masha Black:. “This is really well in the Dutch shipbuilding. The Breejen has set numerous BV’tjes to lend to each other so that the authorities in Romania and the Netherlands have no more visibility on what is actually happening. The employment agency squeezes workers and pays hardly any taxes and contributions. “
Premium Shopping with the European A1 scheme
The A1 scheme is the best intentions designed to protect workers, but has become a business model on the European labor market. For example, a Dutch temporary employment agency pays a job in a foreign sister company so it does not have to pay social security contributions in the Netherlands. The companies say that there is a temporary job in the Netherlands and ask for a so-called A1 certificate for the ‘posted workers’.
Social contributions through their foreign office to be paid on the much lower minimum wage for example Romania or Poland. “Premium Shopping is popular,” Masha Black explains. “Obviously, because it saves a lot of labor. I estimate that thanks to this apparent construction of a small 100,000 jobs paid little tax and contributions in the Netherlands. This undermines companies our social safety net, not only in the Netherlands but throughout Europe.”
also, clients are liable
the FNV wants Den Breejen comply with the collective agreement and that the Romanian workers get nabetaald. The union has reported the spurious with the authorities, and will also clients of The Breejen indicate their liability. Law Approach Apparent building, which has been in force since July 1, 2015, allows clients indeed liable for underpayment subcontractors
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