European Copyright Directive: Netherlands votes no
Late March, the European Parliament adopted the draft of the European Copyright Directive. The draft …
read moreTransition compensation after two years of illness
A previous bill comprised that employers could be indemnified, upon request, for payment of a (transitional) severance amount upon termination of the employment of a long-term ill employee (hereinafter: ‘the compensation plan’). This compensation plan has recently been specified. We hereby would like to inform you about the ‘what, when and how (much)’.
read moreCurrent issues employment law
The self-employment (‘ZZP’) dossier
On 9 February 2018, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment announced in a letter to the Lower Chamber (Dutch = ‘Tweede Kamer’) that the enforcement of the Employment Relations Deregulation Act (Dutch = ‘DBA’) will be further suspended until 1 January 2020.
Important new pension scheme rights of the work council (OR)
Act amending the Works Council Act (WOR) and the Pension Act concerning the rights of the Works Council relating to pension as an employment condition (of 22 June 2016)
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