The Netherlands parliament approved a bill to establish home working as a legal right, setting the Dutch up to be one of the first countries to enshrine such flexibility in law.
- The European country now needs to wait for approval from the Senate.
- The bill was approved by the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, however, it still needs a nod from the Dutch senate before its final adoption.
- The law forces employers to consider employee requests to work from home as long as their professions allow it.
- While currently, employers in the Netherlands can deny any work from home requests, if it becomes a law, they will have to consider all such requests from their employees. The employers would also be allowed to give enough reasons if they are refusing work from home to their employees.
- A co-author of the bill, Senna Maatoug of the GroenLinks party, said, “It allows them to find a better work-life balance and reduce time spent on commuting.”
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