More than half of the 156 cleaning companies that the inspection Social Affairs and Employment

More than half of the 156 cleaning companies that the inspection Social Affairs and Employment (formerly Labour) visited last year, has violated any law; including in the field of working hours, minimum wages and employment of illegal workers. One third of the audited companies must pay a fine.

This does not mean that half of the cleaning companies in error. The inspection is mainly to visit so-called "risk companies": companies that have previously violated rules about which symptoms or signs that there might be something wrong.

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The employers of the cleaning industry OSB welcomes the stricter approach of the inspection. "Because it keeps clean industry," said a spokeswoman. "Our members should take the bend the rules when cleaning the CAO, to differentiate themselves from others." OSB regularly consults with the inspection on the approach to the unscrupulous companies, the spokesman said. "Fraud Rende companies bring harm to the entire industry." 

For all sectors the inspection Social Affairs by 2016 has tightened the approach to labor fraud. Previously, inspectors checked a listing of compliance with one law in the field of 'honest work', especially on the employment of illegal workers. In 2016, the auditors inspected fewer companies - 3,000, against 4,500 the previous year - but more intense: in addition to illegal immigrants even if they pay the minimum wage and observe the statutory working hours.

Exploitation

This approach leads to the discovery of more violations per inspection. In 2014, 19 percent of the companies visited was given a reprimand, it was 40 percent in the first half of 2016. The handling of the visit requires more time, reducing the companies visited. 

The process has changed since illegal work less often - more and more workers from abroad (as now Bulgarians and Romanians) are allowed to work in the Netherlands. The inspection now focuses more on underpaying workers and exploitation, which is a growing problem according to the Ministry of Social Affairs. 

The full findings of the inspections of 2016 are not yet known because, in particular research into wages and working hours requires more work. However, his initial findings published on the website, especially the investigations into compliance with the Aliens Act. It shows that 15 percent of the companies visited have violated this law; in England it is almost a quarter of the companies, and are violation of this law hardly in Friesland and Drenthe. It is mainly about restaurants and shops that illegal immigrants would employ.

Forest calls the criminal in major criminal cases even a logistical nightmare. A nightmare that claimed Forest is caused by the tactics of the defendants and their lawyers to delay matters and eventually the hook. 

The weapon that the defense claimed Forest before deployment, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights. With the endless research needs treaty in hand would be submitted by the defense to be upheld by the courts. Therefore cases are delayed so that ultimately the result of all efforts is saddening.

Our trial is ideal for dealing with cases of limited size

It can be handed to Forest that at present a large number (drug-related) criminal cases take a long time, they sometimes get stuck on parts and may not always lead to the results that would like to see the OM. But is an efficient trial a bygone dream and if so, the reason lies in the exercise of the rights of the defense, as the prosecutor would have us believe? 

No, it's not a dream and the exercise of human rights can never be claimed as root cause of the seizure of the criminal proceedings. In other words, even if the cause of the crash of the trial are set therein, the solution to that delay can not be found in the limitation of those rights. Before that those rights are simply too important. 

Our trial is ideal for dealing with cases of limited size, with a clear accusation against a number of suspects to overlook. Such cases can in a relatively short time through the pipeline.

Very large business is a heavy load on the system and put great pressure on the available capacity

But also (very) large business with many suspects and an extensive suspicion the current system is certainly not inappropriate. The Rotterdam court will in any case frequently very big business settled in relatively little time. Especially when the timing is viewed from an international perspective. That does not mean that the original "inventor" of the system, Napoleon, it had never intended for that purpose. Very large business is a heavy load on the system and put great pressure on the available capacity. 

Improve the system so that reduces pressure is possible and partly so does the development of the new Code of Criminal Procedure which is now in full swing. A short-term solution that could begin tomorrow, is to limit the criminal cases in their size. The prosecution holds the key. The prosecution in the trial free in his decision whether or not to prosecute, but also why. In preparation for this decision is the OM as "boss" of the police free to organize the investigation as it wishes.

A manageable trial leads to the eye perhaps to smaller but much faster to results

This may OM issues that lend themselves to bring to justice for all process participants manageable form. A manageable trial leads to the eye perhaps to smaller but much faster results and to prevent endless bickering. Moreover, the space for very large and complex cases creates which should also be submitted to the court. Ultimately, it may prove that the total is greater than the sum of its parts.