Question:
Do major employers along the value chain and the wider company system negotiate wage and benefits standards through collective agreements?
Answer:
pg. 147
"Pension situation Dutch employees covered by the Collective Labour Agreement for the dairy sector
As of 1 January 2015, all Dutch employees who are covered by the Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) for the dairy sector accrue their pension benefits in defined contribution plans as specified below."
pg. 148
“FrieslandCampina – as part of the Dutch Dairy Organization (NZO) – has reached an agreement with trade unions regarding a new 2-year CLA for the dairy sector (valid from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022). Part of the amended CLA are the agreements made in the Pension Collective Labour Agreement (Pension CLA). The new Pension CLA has a duration of 5 years (1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025). New agreements have been made for the coming 5 years in the context of the CLA negotiations regarding the sector pension scheme for the dairy industry. The outcome of this is a reduction in indexation commitment to active employees already in service before 1 January 2015.”