WILLEMSTAD - Welfare recipients will receive a bonus of 200 guilders this month. Minister of Social Development, Labor and Welfare Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia announced this in a press conference on Thursday.
The minister hopes that this will give low-income families more room to get through the month of December. Inflation has been looked at and the government wants to make the end of the year more pleasant for this group.
Larmonie-Cecilia also announced that an investigation has been launched into the labor market, social benefits and other social supports and that the possibility of introducing unemployment benefits is being examined.
In the same press conference, the increase in the minimum wage as of 1 January was also announced.