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?
The Best of Nature cycle route shows how sustainable the South Holland and Zeeland islands are. With herbs from the own garden on the menu and self-catering holiday homes.
Zalando will also be selling second-hand clothing in the Netherlands from October. The online clothing and shoe store already did this in Germany and Spain. Customers can go to Zalando themselves with their old clothes, an algorithm then determines the price. That says Jacintha de Graaf, director for the Benelux, in conversation with Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) on Monday.
The prices of owner-occupied homes rose by 8.2 percent in August compared to August last year. That is the largest price increase in over a year and a half, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and the Land Registry report Monday. Prices are now at their highest level ever.
The number of new infections in cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Leiden is not going well. After the cabinet announced that additional measures were to be taken, Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned on Thursday during the second day of the General Political Discussions against the rapid rise. The House of Representatives demands clarification about the testing policy and source and contact research that squeaks and creaks.
During the corona crisis, employees started working more hours, both people who work from home and staff who work on location. They are not more often overwhelmed by this, TNO concluded on the basis of a survey among more than ten thousand people published on Friday.
Some of the education and care staff will receive priority for corona tests from next Monday, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) reports Friday.
Dutch research into the aversion that the sound of eating fellow humans can evoke has won prizes at the Ig Nobels. These alternative Nobel Prizes were created for "achievements that first make people laugh, then think".
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.
