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The Netherlands Trade Union Confederation FNV call for the minimum wage to be set at 14 euros per hour (Photo: Unsplash)

Dutch senate votes to replace monthly by hourly minimum wage

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.

The Netherlands Trade Union Confederation FNV call for the minimum wage to be set at 14 euros per hour (Photo: Unsplash)

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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.

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