They are considered volunteers in the Netherlands as long as the compensation is way below market rates. I don’t understand why you think this is a problem.
I mean I don’t know what the implications of this are so I’m not sure what the problem is. What’s to stop an employer from hiring someone, paying them a few bucks an hour and calling them “volunteers”?
The bigger issue is that that’s simply not what a “volunteer” is, by definition.
I’m kind of with you on this, volunteer has always been something done of a persons own volition without recieving compensation. Even when someone is holding a sign saying “will work for food” they are trying to barter, not voluneer for something.
I think as I get older I just get less willing to accept new uses for existing words. I grew up without a lot of social interaction so I may just not fully understand, or maybe it’s just something that was lost in translation.
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In the Netherlands, volunteers can be paid up to €5.60 per hour and up to €2100 per year (tax-free).
If they’re being paid then they’re not volunteers…
They are considered volunteers in the Netherlands as long as the compensation is way below market rates. I don’t understand why you think this is a problem.
I mean I don’t know what the implications of this are so I’m not sure what the problem is. What’s to stop an employer from hiring someone, paying them a few bucks an hour and calling them “volunteers”?
The bigger issue is that that’s simply not what a “volunteer” is, by definition.
I’m kind of with you on this, volunteer has always been something done of a persons own volition without recieving compensation. Even when someone is holding a sign saying “will work for food” they are trying to barter, not voluneer for something.
I think as I get older I just get less willing to accept new uses for existing words. I grew up without a lot of social interaction so I may just not fully understand, or maybe it’s just something that was lost in translation.
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