[HN Gopher] Dutch Lawmakers Propose to Make Work from Home a Leg...
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       Dutch Lawmakers Propose to Make Work from Home a Legal Right
        
       Author : gamesbrainiac
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-07-04 19:09 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bloomberg.com)
        
       | janandonly wrote:
       | I also think that as a new wave of Covid-19 infections is
       | incoming, we could very soon all be asked, or even forced, to
       | work from home.
       | 
       | Also, who can afford fuel anymore, with prices now at EUR2,30 per
       | liter!
        
         | timapplesauce wrote:
         | Your comment about fuel is definitely valid. However, what is
         | so special about COVID as it currently stands now in 2022?
         | There is zero hope of containing it, as it has become endemic
         | so lockdowns are pointless. There are several vaccines and
         | effective treatments available. It is not significantly more
         | deadly than several other common ailments like typical
         | influenza variants. I understand why we all did what we did in
         | 2019-2020, perhaps even early 2021, but why are we still
         | treating COVID like it's a special case?
        
       | gjsman-1000 wrote:
       | The report doesn't say which fields are exempt or the criteria
       | for finding exemptions to this "right" - which is absolutely
       | necessary, I mean, how is a construction worker going to work
       | from home?
        
         | Someone wrote:
         | I expect it would have similar wording in the law as for the
         | right to switch from fulltime to part-time: employers would
         | have to have a good reason to deny an employee to work from
         | home.
        
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