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?
Despite the corona crisis, entrepreneurs in the Netherlands are positive about the current business situation, according to the Chamber of Commerce (KVK) on Thursday based on its own research. Most of them give the condition of their company a good score, although half of the entrepreneurs have seen a decrease in turnover.
Sinterklaas will not pass our houses quietly this year, but it doesn't make much difference. The national entry of the Goedheiligman takes place without an audience at a secret location. Due to the corona virus, spectators are not allowed to be present when Saint Nicholas sets foot in the Netherlands on 14 November.
Various employees of the blood collection department of the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (AVL) have tested positive for the corona virus. The chance that they have passed on the virus to patients is thought to be very small.
The hotel and catering industry fears through Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN) that corona measures will be introduced in some regions, whereby the catering industry would sooner have to be closed. KHN thinks this is a bad plan, the trade association announced on Thursday.
Museums and tourist attractions in North and South Holland are receiving cancellations from German and Belgian visitors, now that these countries advise against traveling to the provinces due to the flaring corona virus.
Mayor Henri Lenferink has written a letter in response to the increase in the number of corona infections in Leiden. In the letter, which is mainly addressed to young people and young adults, he calls on people to keep their distance.
Stay at home when you have a cold - and get yourself tested for corona. It is a "charming idea", says Bram Diederen, director of Microvida, one of the country's largest testing laboratories, but it is "almost impossible" in the current way. Reason for a different course, says Diederen.
Corona test streets may soon receive a "fast lane", for people who receive priority because they, for example, teach or work in healthcare. This is what researchers expect from TNO, who, together with the GGD Amsterdam and RIVM, have developed a test that gives results within an hour.
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.
