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?
Manufacturer Pfizer calls it "a great day for science and humanity." An initial, interim analysis shows that the vaccine that Pfizer developed together with the German biotech company BioNTech against the coronavirus is "90 percent effective".
It is almost St. Maarten, the day when thousands of children go door-to-door with lanterns for sweets. Due to the corona crisis, the municipality of Amsterdam advises to celebrate Sint Maarten at home this year. And she comes with another remarkable piece of advice: don't give your child sweets, but Brussels sprouts.
The Lower House wants Utrecht to build 25,000 houses in the Rijnenburg and Reijerscop polders on the southwest side of the city. Minister Kajsa Ollongren of the Interior must enforce this by giving the city a so-called instruction.
Jean-Marc van Tol, cartoonist of Fokke & Sukke, is with seven errors the best-scoring well-known Dutchman among the participants of the Groot Dictee der Nederlandse Taal.
It is almost impossible for the next cabinet to regulate a higher minimum wage. This point has been raised in almost all preliminary election manifestos published to date. Left-wing parties have been arguing for this for years. It is particularly striking that the VVD now also wants this.
Corrosion and wear were among other reasons that a cable from the tram portal on the Erasmus Bridge broke in September. The municipality of Rotterdam confirms this to NU.nl on Friday.
Mayors are divided on the extra measures the cabinet wants to take, despite the fact that the number of infections has started. "Let's treat ourselves to cake because the infections are leveling off", says Mayor Broertjes of Hilversum. Other mayors see the pressure on healthcare increasing and are in favor of extra measures. "Too busy hardware stores, is that still possible?"
The cabinet is prepared to release approximately 400 million euros to invest in the quality of life and sustainability of vulnerable residential areas. It is one of the measures to ensure that GroenLinks and the PvdA agree to the housing budget.
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.
