Most employers in the Netherlands know they have to offer breastfeeding employees space and time during work to feed their babies or pump breast milk. But breastfeeding rooms rarely meet the legal requirements, and very few employers actually know what the requirements are, the Nutrition Center reported after surveying over 800 employers.
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“Work from home” (WfH) finds mention in the draft model standing orders for the service sector, released by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment on 31 December 2020. Applicable to establishments employing more than 300 workers, Section 10 of the draft states that “subject to conditions of appointment or agreement between employers and workers, employer may allow a worker to work from home for such period or periods as may be determined by employer.” While 2020 saw a hurried passage of the controversial labour codes, 2021 appears to mark the operationalisation of the new labour regime. Many have applauded a separate draft for the service sector and consider the inclusion of WfH as recognition of the changing nature of work, hastened by the contingencies of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, before welcoming this inclusion, WfH needs to be interrogated, recognising the fault lines through which it threatens workers’ rights and entitlements, while continuing to ig