• This country intends to make ‘work-from-home’ a legal right

    National
    This country intends to make ‘work-from-home’ a legal right




     Digital Desk: Work-from-home
    would become a recognised legal right under legislation being proposed by two
    Dutch politicians, making the Netherlands one of the first nations to do so.



    "Times New Roman";color:#424242"> 



    "Times New Roman";color:#424242">Senna Maatoug, a legislator for the Green
    Party, and Steven van Weyenberg, a member of the pro-European D-66 Party, will
    introduce the legislation, Weyenberg told Bloomberg on Wednesday. Before the
    House leaves for the vacation on July 3, the two will present the plan to the
    legislature.



    "Times New Roman";color:#424242"> 



    "Times New Roman";color:#424242">Weyenberg stated, "We have the go-ahead
    for this new law because of the support we received from both employees' and
    employers' unions. We have high hopes that it will be approved before the
    summer.



    "Times New Roman";color:#424242"> 



    Since the outbreak, many workers have sought to keep some of
    the flexibility they have benefited from over the previous two years. However,
    the question is growing more divisive as businesses try to meet the soaring
    demand as the pandemic fades. Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, gave the
    company's employees till the beginning of this month to come back to work or
    leave.