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Introduction
On this product page of the release:'Text and Explanation on future-proofing the legislation in the field of labor migration', you will find an overview of related documents relevant to the book. By making these documents accessible via a link, we hope to have increased the ease of use of the release.
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Content
A main objective of the labor migration policy was, is and remains the protection of the labor market and the prevention and combating of illegal employment. Regular labor migrants are obliged to have a work permit and it is important to strengthen their position by combating poor working conditions, underpayment, illegality and displacement on the labor market. This protection is also essential for our society. It can be financially beneficial for companies to evade labor laws. The revision of the Wav contains two measures to strengthen the position of the migrant worker/employee, namely the monthly cashless payment of the wages and the optional ground for rejection if an employer has no economic activities. In addition, there are a number of procedural and technical changes. The amendments are intended to provide an arrangement for a flexible and future-proof policy, thereby creating clarity and certainty. The position of employees will also be strengthened and changes will be made to combat unfair competition. First of all, this book contains a general explanation based on parliamentary history. Since this is an amending act, the original text of the act has been included first. The text of the amendment was then included, accompanied by an article-by-article explanation derived from parliamentary history, after which the integral (new) legislative text was included.
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About the authors
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Dr J. (Harry) van Drongelen is an (emer.) associate professor at the Department of Social Law and Social Politics at Tilburg University and a coordinating legislative lawyer at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
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mr. ADM (André) van Rijs is a lecturer at the Department of Private Business and Labor Law of Tilburg University.
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Footnote References
The footnotes in the book that do not contain references to official publications and case law have been omitted.
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1 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 1. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-1.html)
2 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 2. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-2.html)
3 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 3. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-3.html)
4 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 3 _bbdecc-31136-5https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-3.html) – appendix: ACVZ, Legislative Advice Bill to amend the Foreign Nationals Employment Act.
5 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 3 _bbdecc-31136-5https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-3.html) – appendix: ex-ante Implementation Test (EAUT) Amendment to the Aliens Employment Act (WAV) by the Research & Analysis Department (O&A), part of the Strategic Implementation Advice (SUA) directorate of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND),
6 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 3 _bbdecc-31136-5https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-3.html) – appendix: UWV, U-test draft regulation amending the Foreign Nationals Employment Act (Wav) and the draft draft decision revising the Foreign Nationals Act Implementation Decree (BuWav 2021),
7 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 4. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-4.html)
8 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no.https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-4.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3bd-136 Stcrtf. 2021, nr 1391. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stcrt-2021-1391.html)
9 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 5. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-5.html)
10 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 6. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-6.html)
11 See Acts II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 89-3, p. 1-41.
12 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, nos.
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136 105 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-10.html);
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_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136 125 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-12.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-13.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3bd-136 145 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-14.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136 15 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-15.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-16.html); and
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb358-136 175 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-17.html).
13 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, nos.:
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb358-781905-5cf58https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-10.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136 125 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-12.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-13.html);
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136 16 (washttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-16.html); and
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb358-136 175 (cfhttps://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-17.html).
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b, _nr. 16, p. 1-2.
14 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 15. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-15.html)
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b, 2020 _nr. 16, p. 1-2.
15 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 14. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-14.html)
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b, 2020 _nr. 16, p. 1.
16 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 18. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-18.html)
17 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 18, p. 1. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-18.html)
18 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, nos.:
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-7813605 195https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-nrs.19.html) and
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-_bad5 20_ccf31https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-nrs.20.html).
19 See Acts II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 91-15, p. 1.
20 See Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 20. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-20.html) This amendment actually deserves the qualification of being a so-called 'destructive amendment' and should therefore be declared inadmissible. The House of Representatives can declare an amendment 'inadmissible' on the basis of Article 97 of the Rules of Procedure. The amendment must then have an effect 'opposite to that of the bill, or if there is no direct connection between the subject matter of the amendment and that of the bill.' The amendment will then not be considered.
21 See Acts II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 91-15, p. 1.
22 See Acts I 2020/21, 35 680, no. 44-15, p. 1.
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-/nr. ( https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-A.html)
23 See Parliamentary Papers I 2020/21, 35 680, no. B. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-B.html)
24 See Parliamentary Papers I 2020/21, 35 680, no. C. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-C.html)
25 See Parliamentary Papers I 2020/21, 35 680, no. D. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-D.html)
26 See Acts I 2021/222, 35 680, no. 1-61, p. 1.
27 See Act of September 29, 2021, amending the Foreign Nationals Employment Act in connection with the making the legislation future-proof the field of labor migration, Stb. 2021, 505.
28 See Decree of 29 November 2021 determining the date of entry into force of the Act of 29 September 2021 (Stb. 2021, 505) amending the Employment Act aliens in connection with future-proofing legislation in the field of labor migration, Stb. 2021, 609.
29 See Parliamentary Papers I 2020/21, 35 897, no. 5. (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35897-5.html)
30 See Act of 15 December 2021 amending certain laws of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Stb. 2021, 627.
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33 Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 laying down minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying nationals of third countries, OJ EU 2009, L 168.
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35 Amendment of the Decree implementing the Foreign Nationals Employment Act in connection with the admission of highly skilled migrants (Stb. 2004, 481); Government response to the SER recommendation on labor migration (Parliamentary Papers II 2014/2015, 29 861, no. 38); (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-29861-38);.html ) Chamber steak with policy response to report Attractiveness of the Netherlands for highly skilled migrants (Parliamentary Papers 2018/2019, 30 573, no. 171).
36 It should be noted that by accepting an amendment (Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 20) _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_(https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-20).html) no longer has any meaning.
37 It should be noted that by accepting an amendment (Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 20) (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-20.html ) has lost meaning.
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41 It should be noted that by accepting an amendment (Parliamentary Papers II 2020/21, 35 680, no. 20) (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-35680-20).html) has lost meaning.
43 The definition of a single permit as included in Article 1, under h, of the Wav and Article 1 Vw 2000 is broadly derived from the definition in Directive 2011 /98/EU, but adapted to Dutch practice (see also Parliamentary Papers II 2013/14, 33 749, no. 3). (https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-33749-3.html) Knowledge migrants, researchers and European blue card holders fall outside the scope of the definition of a single permit, because exemptions from the work permit requirement apply to these groups on the basis of the BuWav and therefore – in accordance with Directive 2011 /98/EU – there is already one permit for residence and work.
45 A limitation in working hours has been chosen to prevent asylum seekers from building up rights to unemployment benefits. A complex situation would arise if an asylum application is rejected and the asylum seeker is obliged to leave, but is still entitled to unemployment benefits (Stb. 2008, 38).
_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-_bad5 Apr 14, 2011, see ABRhttps://uitspraak.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RVS:2011:BQ2602.
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