The Dutch LTO does not see any benefit in reducing the influx of migrant workers, as called on Tuesday, May 7, Inspector General Rits de Boer of the Labor Inspectorate. The interest group responds: “Migrant workers are a valuable group of indispensable employees in agriculture and horticulture.”
De Boer called for better regulation of labor migration. According to him, the Netherlands has reached its limit when it comes to the number of migrant workers. “As a result, new migrant workers are sleeping on the streets and we will find increasingly miserable living and working conditions,” De Boer said in an interview with De Volkskrant.
However, LTO Holland emphasizes that migrant workers, like all other employees, make an important contribution to economic growth and prosperity in the Netherlands. Farmers and gardeners realize that their employers have an important additional responsibility.
“From the point of view of being a good employer, migrant workers should be well taken care of and that is what is being done. A lot is going well, but not all,” said the LTO Netherlands.
Free movement
The lobby club also refers to the free movement of people within the European Union. LTO Nederland believes that employers who want to invest in high-quality living conditions should receive greater support than is currently the case.
“Where the rules are clearly violated, strict enforcement must be carried out by the Labor Inspectorate.”
