1. Developments in the Netherlands: the Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ Petra Oden professor of applied sciences
Centre for Applied Labour Market Research and Innovation

2. Introduction Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ Introduction
Labour migration: Eemshaven case
Social Return
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3. Centre for Applied Labour Market Research and Innovation
Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
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4. Eemshaven case Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Energyport Groningen/Eemshaven/Eemsdelta
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5. Eemshaven case Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ SOME OF OUR PARTNERS
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6. Centre for Applied Labour Market Research and Innovation
Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
5 professors of applied sciences:
1.Work Organization and Labour Productivity – Dr. J. Christis
2. Sustainable Human Resource Management – Dr. L. Beukema
3. Labour Participation – Dr. L. Polstra
4. Flexicurity – Dr. H. van Lieshout
5. Legal aspects of the labour market – Dr.mr. P.A.T. Oden
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7. Centre for Applied Labour Market Research and Innovation
Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Legal aspects of the labour market
Working of rules on the daily workfloor
Labour migration
Social return
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8. Eemshaven case Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ Posting of workers
800 Polish workers posted in Eemshaven
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9. Eemshaven case Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Groningen District Court , 5 October 2012
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10. Eemshaven case Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Article 3 section 1 Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC)
a. Maximum work periods and minimum rest periods
b. Minimum paid annual holidays
c. Minimum rates of pay, including overtime rates; this point does not apply to supplementary occupational retirement pension schemes
d. The conditions of hiring-out of workers, in particular the supply of workers by temporary employment undertakings
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In the Netherlands Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC)
is implemented in:
WAGA: Wet Arbeidsvoorwaarden Grensoverschrijdende Arbeid =
Act on Employment Conditions Cross-Border Labour
Wet AVV: Wet op het algemeen verbindend verklaren van CAO’s = Act on Extension of Collective Bargaining Agreements
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12. Eemshaven case Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ Dispute: Wage
8% holiday allowance
Timesheet leave
Irregular working time allowance
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13. Eemshaven case CAO = Collective agreement
Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
FNV
Remak
Court
Wage
CAO
€ 11 +
€ 2.95 in kind
CAO, AVV -> PWD
8% holiday allowance
= wage
≠ wage
Timesheet leave
= core PWD
≠ core PWD
Irregular working time allowance
= core of PWD
≠ core of PWD
CAO = Collective agreement
AVV = Act on Extension of Collective Bargaining Agreements
PWD = Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC)
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14. Eemshaven case Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Consequences Remak case
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15. Social Return Socially responsible public procurement
Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Socially responsible public procurement
Social Return =
A condition in a tender in order to create workplaces and
apprenticeships for people with a large(r) distance to the labour market
Also:
Social Return on Investment SROI
or Contract Compliance
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16. Social Return Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ Grant: RAAK-MKB
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17. Social Return Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Gert Walhof Petra Oden Louis Polstra
Professor of applied sciences Professor of applied sciences
Purchasing management Labour Participation
HanzeResearch Entrepreneurship Centre for Applied Labour Market Research and Innovation
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18. Social Return Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ Learning community
of professors of applied sciences, lecturers and students
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19. Social Return Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ June 2012 until
Project 1
Research:
SME <-> (semi)public organisations
Case studies best practices
Project 2
Innovation :
group sessions
Development of requirements
Project 3
Implementation
Project 4
Innovation:
Evaluation and adjustment
Project 5
Tools
Roadshows
Completion
Tools and Completion
March 2012
until
June 2012
June 2012
until
October 2012
October 2012
until
February 2013
September 2013
September 2013
until
March 2014
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20. Social Return Eemshaven case and ‘social return’ Recommendations SME:
If you want to do business with (semi) public organizations you have to focus on SR.
Try to affect the conditions the (semi) public organizations formulate in their tenders.
Make the necessary adjustments in the organizational structure of your company in order to apply Social Return.
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Response to the recommendations by SME:
SME choosing SR: black/white
Transparency in the procurement process is missing
No front office for questions about SR
Lack of control afterwards
Influence of the economic crisis on activities regarding SR
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Recommendations Purchasers:
1. SR has to be part of the strategic policy of the organization.
2. Make the necessary adjustments to create a transparent and consistent purchasing process.
3. Avoid tenders above the threshold of European procurement law because national procurement makes it easier to formulate conditions for hiring people with a distance to the labour market.
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23. Social Return Eemshaven case and ‘social return’
Response purchasers on the recommendations:
- SR is part of strategic policy, but not always well executed
Purchase processes are not transparent and consistent
Some organizations apply illegal SR conditions in their tenders,
others do not use all the permitted conditions
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