A Limburg company that fired an employee because she was not always present ten minutes before the start of her work has been reprimanded by the subdistrict court. If it is so important for employees to be present earlier, the judge says the company should also pay for it.
A further relaxation of the corona measures is not possible for the time being. In addition, it must be investigated whether the Christmas holidays can be extended at all schools. The Outbreak Management Team writes this in an advice to the cabinet, sources report to the political editors of RTL Nieuws.
The United States, Germany, Spain: they all have high hopes that they will be able to vaccinate the first people against the corona virus in December. Will the Netherlands also succeed?
On Monday, the interrogation committee will continue the search for what went wrong in the approach to fraud with the childcare allowance. After officials had to account for themselves last week, it is now the turn of the politicians who then turned the controls.
The work on the installation of wind screens along the bridge over the Hollands Diep for the high-speed line between Breda and Rotterdam has been completed. Since 7 November, ProRail has been installing the screens to make train traffic less sensitive to strong winds.
A fireball was observed for a short time above the Netherlands on Friday evening. The fireball was recorded at 7 p.m. on cameras of the Meteors Working Group, the association reports. A dashcam also captured the shooting star near Amsterdam.
The factories of the steel group SSAB are located in the far north of Sweden and Finland. The intended new owner of Tata Steel in IJmuiden has big plans for the production of fossil-free steel.
Black Friday, the last Friday of November, was the busiest day of the year on the high street in many cities last year. This year it will be almost half as busy, predicts Bureau RMC, which measures the busyness in the shopping streets via sensors.
It's official: consumer fireworks will be banned at the next turn of the year. Sale and parting are prohibited. The cabinet decided this on Friday. 40 million euros is available for the fireworks industry to compensate for the financial damage. Scrapers must pay a fine of 100 euros and receive a note on their criminal record.
The criminal case of the Public Prosecution Service (OM) against railway company NS due to a controversial tender issue in Limburg has come to an end. The Public Prosecution Service will not appeal in this case, in which the Dutch Railways was previously acquitted by the court in Den Bosch of forgery and bribery.
Three parishes in the Zundert region have officially merged. The parish delegates signed the document for the merger on Monday evening. The name of the merged parish is Christ the King.
A Limburg company that fired an employee because she was not always present ten minutes before the start of her work has been reprimanded by the subdistrict court. If it is so important for employees to be present earlier, the judge says the company should also pay for it.
A further relaxation of the corona measures is not possible for the time being. In addition, it must be investigated whether the Christmas holidays can be extended at all schools. The Outbreak Management Team writes this in an advice to the cabinet, sources report to the political editors of RTL Nieuws.
