The Dutch Senate passed the introduction of an hourly, rather than monthly, minimum wage this week.
After a year of inflation rates that have reached over 17% in the Netherlands, some of its workers might be able to take a little breather.
The measure, proposed on the initiative of MPs Kathmann (PvdA) and Maatoug (GroenLinks), will benefit above all those workers who, with a 40-hour working week, were paid the same at the end of the month as those who worked 36 hours a week — bot...
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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.