“The health care workers, despite the financial chaos always worked as normal at Meavita. Thanks to them, there was good care. Now it's time to settle. It is important that the damage they caused due to their bankruptcy being fixed in 2009, '' said FNV director Gijs van Dijk.
Meavita fell prey to mismanagement of the summit and the supervisory board. This makes it clear that once and for controlling and monitoring are not just part-time jobs, but are hard and serious work, the FNV argued Thursday.
The Lower House talks in favour of good governance in health care, following the Meavita case. Meavita already has stricter requirements to the supervisory landscape. The FNV wants registration and accreditation for their directors and supervisors, in order to prevent another case like Meavita.
Damage
A total of 75 former employees of Meavita reported their damage to the FNV, said the union. Severance payments were not paid and reimbursements for expenses and overtime were not paid.
“Especially the people who worked the damage is great for Meavita in The Hague. Some women were told for years that they had to save up for their leave. Then they could retire early. Some had eight hundred, nine hundred hours left unpaid. That was all gone,” says Van Dijk.
The appearance of this claim will cause a number of directors and supervisors to account for the damage caused towards FNV members.