Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Netherlands)

Ministry Of Social Affairs And Employment (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid; SZW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Employment, relations between Employers and Employees, the system of Social security, Trade unions and emancipation. The Ministry was created in 1918 as the Ministry of Labour and in 1923 became the Ministry of Labour, Trade and Industry, from 1932 until 1933 it was called the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour, and from 1933 until 1951 it was the Ministry of Social Affairs. From 1951 until 1971 it was combined with matters of health and was called the Social Affairs and Health, from 1971 until 1981 it was again called the Ministry of Social Affairs and in 1981 it became the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, currently Lodewijk Asscher.

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