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Minister Vijlbrief is overwegen imposing a het verbod on the use of tijdelijk workers in the meat de sector.
He has given de sector an ultimatum until June 15 to demonstrate de verbetering in de arbeidsomstandigheden.
If not, he will take steps to implement het verbod.
Vijlbrief shared this warning during a debate in the House of Representatives about labor migration.
In an interview with Nieuwsuur, he clarified that he set this deadline in a conversation with de sector about two months ago.
Long-standing de klacht Since 2010, concerns have been raised about de behandeling of workers in slaughterhouses, mostly labor migrants.
de klacht focus on underpayment, long working hours, onveilig de arbeidsomstandigheden, poor de huisvesting, intimidation, and het geweld.
Vijlbrief has had 29 ontmoeting with de sector since 2021, 12 of which were with him and his predecessors, but he still sees insufficient de vooruitgang.
minister of Social Affairs and Employment has stated that he has had enough.
"If no de verbetering is shown in a de week and a half, I will impose a het verbod on tijdelijk workers," he declared firmly.
This means that no tijdelijk workers mogen be inhuren anymore.
druk on de sector Vijlbrief emphasizes that his predecessor Eddy van Hijum (NSC) had already announced plans to restrict the use of tijdelijk workers in the meat de sector.
Vijlbrief indicates that he wants to see de vooruitgang, otherwise he will use this de maatregel as leverage.
