'Put a numerus fixus on disadvantaged vocational training courses (MBO)'
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – February 21, 2022
- The RIVM reported 36,038 new positive corona tests on Monday.
- Doekle Terpstra, chairman of Techniek Nederland, pleads in the AD for a numerus fixus for vocational training in secondary vocational education, for which there is hardly any demand. According to Terpstra, there is a surplus of people who are being trained for professions where the chance of a job is small, while the technology sector is struggling with serious staff shortages.
- Ingrid Thijssen, chair of the employers' association VNO-NCW, wants the government to quickly draw up climate rules for the business community, writes NU.nlOnly with this clarity will companies invest more in sustainability, says Thijssen.
- The storms that have been battering the Netherlands for six days in a row have caused at least 500 million euros in damage. That is Association of Insurers calculated.
- Working from home is taking off, states employers' association AWVN. Almost two million people already use arrangements for working from home. This number will grow rapidly this year, AWVN believes.
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