Dutch firms warned about women in top jobs, quotas may come

Dutch companies need to appoint more women to top jobs, otherwise the Netherlands will end up introducing an official quota, education minister 

Jet Bussemaker says in Thursday’s Trouw. ‘I consider a quota to be a killer remedy and I will do all I can to prevent it,’ the minister said. ‘But if companies don’t change, the political pressure in the Netherlands for a formal requirement will increase. 

Germany should be viewed as a stimulus and a warning. Next year significant advances need to be made.’ On Wednesday the German government said it would require companies to ensure 33% of their executives are female from 2016. The Netherlands has the same target but there is no legal requirement.


Quelle: dutchnews.nl