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 research on Amsterdam's involvement in slavery was published on Tuesday in the form of a book: De Slaverij in Oost en West, Het Amsterdam-Onderzoek. The main conclusion is that "the Amsterdam city council itself was involved in slavery on a large-scale and long-term," the researchers said.
TUI Netherlands will no longer offer holidays under the KRAS brand name from April next year, the company reports Tuesday. The product range will be partly retained, but will be placed under the TUI brand.
On Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service demanded compulsory hospital care in Groningen in court against 34-year-old Ergün S. for stabbing a cleaning couple to death in a cinema at Gedempte Zuiderdiep. The OM bases its claim on the advice of behavioral experts. They regard S. as completely insane, because at the time of the violence he was dominated by psychotic delusions.
Professional football in the Netherlands may have to be prosecuted without an audience. Sources report this to RTL Nieuws. Prime Minister Mark Rutte will announce new measures during the press conference tonight.
The Ministry of the Interior and the trade unions have agreed on a new collective labor agreement. The 120,000 civil servants receive an additional 0.7 percent wage, a one-off remuneration of 225 euros and the civil servants who work from home receive a one-off compensation for the period from mid-March to the end of the year.
Compared to other countries in Western Europe, the Netherlands is in bad shape when it comes to the spread of the corona virus. The alarming figures from regions in the Netherlands, Belgium and France contrast sharply with the figures in countries that are taking stricter measures at an early stage.
In a large part of the Randstad and in and around Eindhoven, residents are urgently advised to wear a face mask in all public interior spaces. The Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema said this on Monday evening.
An earthquake was measured last night near the village of Winde in Drenthe, ten kilometers south of Groningen. The earthquake had a magnitude of 1.8 on the Richter scale.
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.
