Hospitality night staff could get paid safe ride home

CNV Jongeren wants the new hospitality collective labour agreement (cao) to give night-shift staff the right to safe transport home, organised and paid for by the employer. It would apply to workers who cannot use a car or public transport after work.

CNV Jongeren chair Casper Cornelisse says young hospitality workers often have no driving licence or car, and often no bus or tram runs at the end of an evening or night shift. An Uber often costs as much as their last hour of work, he says.

They carry a lot of responsibility at work, but actually enjoy little protection.Casper Cornelisse, chair of CNV Jongeren

Talks on the new agreement started recently. CNV Horeca, which sits at the table for employees, has said it will take the young people's demands along. Safe transport home ranks high in its proposals letter.

The idea came from young people in the CNV campaign "Horeca Verdient Beter" (Hospitality Deserves Better). CNV says an alternative proposals letter with their ideas has already won much support through a petition.

Also in the proposals on social safety

• Mandatory social-safety training for all employees and managers
• One conduct protocol for all hospitality firms, with clear escalation steps for intimidation, aggression and inappropriate behaviour
• Visible contact details of security, confidential advisers and emergency services at work
• A duty for all employers to offer confidential advisers
• Low-threshold reporting of inappropriate behaviour