Netherlands poised to make work-from-home a legal right, says report

The new legislation comes at a time when companies worldwide struggle to bring workers back to office

As US companies struggle to entice workers back to offices, the Dutch parliament approved legislation to establish home working as a legal right, setting the Netherlands up to be one of the first countries to enshrine such flexibility in law.

Last week, the Dutch Parliament's lower house passed legislation in this regard. The European country now needs to wait for approval from the Senate.

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. The law forces employers to consider employee requests