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"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, January 23, 2020

The Dutch labour market needs drastic reform to maintain prosperity: commission

DutchNews, January 23, 2020

Photo: DutchNews.nl

The Netherlands needs to take ‘drastic steps’ to reform the labour market if the country wants to maintain its current high level of prosperity, according to a special committee set up by the government to research the issue.

The current rules are causing unnecessary social and economic problems, committee chairman Hans Borstlap, a former senior civil servant, said. He is particularly concerned about the rise in self-employment which, he says, is driving insecurity and hurting innovation.

The report’s conclusions are based on an analysis of national and international research as well as interviews with employers, unions, workers and other experts.

Workers are becoming more insecure about their jobs, and are failing to invest in boosting their skills and in their future, the report said. At the same time, employers are bringing in too many people on flexible contracts and failing to invest in them because they are only with the company short term.

‘We have spoken to young people who are more likely to have flexible jobs,’ Borstlap said. ‘They are afraid to buy a house or have a family. We need to pause for reflection. Something is wrong.’

Employers increasingly regard taking on staff on permanent contracts purely as a cost, he said. But this is both morally wrong and damaging both prosperity and social cohesion.

‘The proportion of freelancers and workers on flexible contracts is far higher here than in other countries,’ Borstlap told news website Nu.nl in an interview. And it is the rest of society which is picking up the bill if freelancers have no insurance and don’t build up a pension.

‘That beer in a beach pavilion in Scheveningen is far too cheap,’ he told Nu.nl. ‘Because we are all paying for the worker who is too sick to do their job. Those costs are usually included in the product.’

The committee recommends the workforce itself should be divided into three sorts of employee – self-employed, workers with a traditional contract, and short-term staffing agency employees – and that everyone in work should have the same basic rights and obligations.

The main recommendations:

Companies will have to prove that the self-employed workers they use really are self-employed, reversing the burden of proof
Staffing agency workers should only be able to work for 26 weeks for the same firm, and the work they do must be temporary to cover peak periods or an unexpected rush
Employers should be able to adapt jobs, location and working hours in line with the demands of the economy
Employers should also be able to apply for ‘partial redundancy’ if necessary Everyone in work should pay the same taxes
Everyone should have a personal training fund
Employers should pay towards extra training for all workers, regardless of status and compensation for redundancy should be paid into this fund
The tax allowance for freelancers should be gradually scrapped. (This is already happening.)
Temporary contracts should cover no more than two years – the current limit is three
People on flexible contracts should have a higher minimum wage
People employed via staffing agencies should have the same secondary benefits as people in regular jobs at the same firm
Internet-based employment platforms (such as meal delivery services and bar staff apps) should be treated as employers and responsible for taxes and premiums – ending the freelance status of the gig economy
Sick pay should be cut from two to one year
There should be a public basic insurance policy against invalidity for everyone which would kick in after one year. Employees would keep their current provisions