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Employees at Schiphol Airport who work around the aircraft are structurally exposed to carcinogenic substances, the Dutch Labor Inspectorate (NLA) said in a report on Friday. Employers at the airport - Schiphol, airlines, ground handling companies, and other providers - must do more to protect their workers from these dangerous emissions, the NLA said.

There is an "unsafe" and even "toxic" work environment at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) according to the FNV trade union. "We are shocked by the reports we received,” vice-chair Kitty Jong said on Tuesday. In a survey among FNV members working at the ministry, dozens reported experiencing inappropriate behavior, mainly from supervisors, including bullying and intimidation. A spokesperson for the union clarified that these issues involve lower-level ma...

The FNV trade union wants every company in the Netherlands to be obliged to introduce a code of conduct to combat inappropriate behavior in the workplace. In a survey conducted by the association, many people stated that they are confronted with forms of inappropriate behavior. It also revealed that this type of behavior often goes unpunished.

The Work from Home bill was rejected by one vote on Tuesday in the Eerste Kamer, the upper house of the Dutch parliament. The bill would have made it easier for employees to make agreements with their employers about working from home.

Benefits agency UWV breached privacy rules with IP monitoring

The UWV, the government agency that deals with benefits, illegally collected data from benefit recipients. Investigations by NOS and Nieuwsuur revealed that the usage behavior of benefit recipients on the UWV website was constantly analyzed and tracked by the agency to investigate whether they were illegally staying abroad while receiving unemployment benefits. The Dutch benefits agency also secretly placed cookies on its website to track users. This enabled users that were logged in to be ident...

Dental care must be covered by basic insurance, campaigners say

Healthcare workers suffering from Long Covid and who are still unfit for work will be eligible to receive a one-time compensation amount of 15,000 euros per person, Minister Conny Helder for Sport and Long-term Care announced on Friday. This applies to individuals who provided care for Covid-19 patients during the first wave of coronavirus infections in 2020 and contracted the virus as a result.

Trade unions threaten legal action over long covid compensation

Temperature to hit 38 Celsius on Tuesday, Wednesday will be much cooler