The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights is ruling in a case of a Moroccan man living in January 2016 was rejected when applying for a job at in Uden. The company doubted whether he could legally work for them with his residence permit and started an investigation. The man has a dependent residence permit that says “stay with wife“, but also “work freely allowed“. Still, investigations against the company were ongoing due to previous cases involving these residence permits. For this reason, the Institute states that there was an indirect distinction based on nationality, but that this was justified. The note “work freely allowed” the company apparently does not provide sufficient guarantees that it will be handled in this way.

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