Reintegration challenges during COVID-19

The Gatekeeper Improvement Act requires you to reintegrate an employee who is incapacitated for work due to illness. COVID-19 does not alter this, however it may cause you to face certain challenges during the reintgration process. For instance, how to reintegrate a sick employee when your business is closed as a result of governmental COVID-19 measures, such is the case in the hospitality industry? Particularily taking in mind that UWV can impose a wage sanction if UWV would deem the reintgration efforts as insufficiently after two years of illness.

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Employment Law: update NOW, employment benefits during corona, first case law on cumulation of dismissal grounds

NOW 2.0

In our previous news releases we informed you about the Emergency Employment Bridging Measure Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voor Werkgelegenheid (NOW) and the changes to this. In the meantime, it has become clear that the NOW regulation will be renewed up to 1 October 2020 (NOW 2.0).

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