Dutch Parliament Approves Legislation to Make Work from Home a Legal Right

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-05/dutch-parliament-approves-to-make-work-from-home-a-legal-right

by nkjoep • 4 years ago

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The legislation was approved by the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands on Tuesday. It still needs a nod from the Dutch senate before its final adoption.

PaulHoule• 4 years ago

If we had something like this in the U.S. it would help with the high price of gas in the short term, the long term, and fight climate change.

toomuchtodo• 4 years ago

Unionizing would accomplish the same if legislation can’t get done.

Someone• 4 years ago

It will be interesting to see what effect this will have on house prices. I guess closeness to cities or to highway exit points will become less relevant for those with jobs that can be done at home.

In general, those will be relatively higher paid jobs, so any effect likely will be on higher-priced houses.

matt321• 4 years ago

This will only work if there are legal ways to prevent mangers from discriminating against work from homers. For example, people who work from home could be first of the list for layoffs. The work from home people are just names on a screen not socializing during meetings and in the hallway. A person who is perceived to be a "team player" is probably going to get much more out of their company than those who aren't. So while they may have the right to work from home, the deck will be stacked against them.

SpicyLemonZest• 4 years ago

That seems like a high standard for the policy "working". I agree it'd hard to ensure that it's strictly equivalent with no advantage to working in the office, but if the goal is just to ensure that it's an available option for people who choose it, is that necessary? (Even within an office, there are plenty of scenarios where it's advantageous to be on a particular floor or sit near a particular set of coworkers.)

Dutch Parliament Approves Legislation to Make Work from Home a Legal Right

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