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Re:Booking.com is moving its customer service staff to an ou... by MomoXenosaga on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:22AM (#30301788)
The Netherlands has liberalized worker rights to the point it would make Elon Musk cry.

This place is a weird mix of Marxism and laissez-faire capitalism.

Re:Booking.com is moving its customer service staff to an ou... by denton-scratch on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:56AM (#30302881)
The Netherlands is complying with a European Directive: 2001/23/EC. In the UK, that directive is embodied in the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) 2006 (TUPE) regulations.

Basically, the directive prevents businesses sidestepping laws and contracts that protect employees' rights by transferring those employees to another organisation. Seems reasonable to me (if you share my view that employees have rights).

Re:Booking.com is moving its customer service staff to an ou... by sundache on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:33AM (#30301905)
They CS people in Amsterdam aren't getting fired though.
Re:Booking.com is moving its customer service staff to an ou... by Beltalowda on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:45AM (#30302028)
And aside from that, you can't just transfer employment contracts to random third companies in the Netherlands either.
Re:Booking.com is moving its customer service staff to an ou... by BLanen on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:44AM (#30302715)
There is nothing Marxist about The Netherlands.

Maybe if you actually read some stuff, you'd know this.