{"id":5115,"date":"2012-12-22T08:35:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2012-12-22T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T12:35:53","slug":"severance-pay-of-radio-netherlands-ceo-under-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/severance-pay-of-radio-netherlands-ceo-under-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Severance pay of Radio Netherlands CEO under scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Outgoing Radio Netherlands CEO, Jan Hoek (Photo: RNW)<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: de Volkskrant, translated by Andy Sennitt)<\/p>\n

The severance payment for the outgoing CEO of Radio Netherlands Worldwide is excessive. This is what Sander Dekker, deputy minister responsible for the media, wrote on Thursday in a letter to the Lower House of the Dutch parliament.<\/em><\/p>\n

RNW Director-General Jan Hoek was originally set to receive a fee of 1.1 million euros. Following an urgent request by Mr Dekker and his predecessor, the RNW Supervisory Board agreed with the Director-General to reduce the severance pay to 800,000 euros. Despite the reduction in the amount, according to Mr Dekker it is still “too high and therefore inappropriate and undesirable.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Deputy Minister willl investigate the legal issues, but sees no possibility of preventing payment of the severance premium. Mr Dekker says that taking the matter to court offers\u00a0no solution, because according to the agreement signed in 2001 Mr Hoek is formally entitled to receive his full severance payment.<\/em><\/p>\n

A new law regulating the salaries of public officials goes into effect on 1 January. This will prevent excessive payments in the future. Under the new rules, a severance payment will be restricted to a maximum of 75,000 euros. But agreements already signed are not covered by the new law.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: de Volkskrant, translated by Andy Sennitt) The severance payment for the outgoing CEO of Radio Netherlands Worldwide is excessive. This is what Sander Dekker, deputy minister responsible for the media, wrote on Thursday in a letter to the Lower House of the Dutch parliament. 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