Employees in nursing homes, residential care facilities, home care, and youth health services in the Netherlands will receive a 7.4 percent wage increase over the next two years. This is under a new collective labor agreement reached between unions and employers.The agreement, which covers about 500,000 workers and is described by the CNV union as the largest in the Netherlands, is set to take effect on Sept. 1, pending approval by union members. The pay raise will be implemented in four stages.