Social affairs minister Piet Hein Donner is to close a loophole in collective redundancy legislation which some employers use to avoid informing the trade unions about their plans, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Tuesday.

At the moment, the unions must be involved in all collective redundancy plans for more than 20 people. But by signing individual agreements on a one to one basis, companies can avoid bringing in the unions altogether, the paper says.
Draft legislation will be introduced as soon as possible, a social affairs ministry spokesman told the FD.