Employers in the Netherlands still opt for white, healthy, native men according to Leo Hart Field.
During a roundtable discussion on discrimination in employment, the FNV director claimed that at central level, employers and unions agree to give anyone a fair chance but:
› unemployment among immigrants remains high
› number of women at top levels has not (significantly) increased
› those older than 50 years old have an extremely low chance of finding a job when they lose their current one
› only 4 percent of employers have (at least one) young disabled worker
and thus, if employers and unions fail to create equal opportunities, the Dutch government must act.
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