VodafoneZiggo will require employees to work in the office three days a week The communications company VodafoneZiggo intends to require employees to spend at least three days a week in the office. Those who are not ready to accept the new conditions will be offered the opportunity to leave the company, Dutch news reports. The employer plans to increase the minimum working days from two to three as part of the transition to the "next stage of the hybrid work format". Employees who are unable or unwilling to comply with the terms of their new employment contract will be able to take advantage of a temporary layoff compensation program. Its launch is possible after the approval of the company's workers' committee. "This program will be available during the month of January and is voluntary," said VodafoneZiggo. The company became the latest Dutch employer to tighten the requirements for the presence of staff in the office, while gradually abandoning the work model that appeared during the pandemic. Last week, a court ruled that Amsterdam-based travel platform Booking can require employees to spend 40% of their time at work. For full-time employees, this means two working days per week. Booking's employee board opposed the decision, citing the possible negative impact on employees' work-life balance and the costs associated with commuting to the office. However, the judge found the requirement to come to work twice a week to be "fairly common practice". A. on. N. Amro also said during the negotiations on the collective agreement this year that it intends to require the employees to spend at least half of their contracted working hours in the office. It will replace flexible working introduced in 2020. Not only the European Union - news from Europe.