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 moreThe 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.
Employee participation law keeps developing. Below are some alerts for those who are interested in or concerned with employee participation.
read moreThe transition compensation keeps the legislator and the judiciary occupied. Below a survey of recent developments and rulings, after a brief explanation of the general rules in connection with the transition compensation.
read moreEmployees have a confidentiality obligation regarding confidential information on the employer’s business operations. It relates to customer base, pricing, bids, all the information that is not publicly available, and in cases where the employer has an interest in protecting the information, for instance because it concerns considerations of competition or reputation.
read moreOn 8 November 2016, the Upper Chamber of the Dutch Parliament (de Eerste Kamer) passed the bill “normalising the legal status of civil servants”. It aims at simplifying and modernising the administrative legal status. Traditionally – since 1929 – the civil servant´s legal status has been properly taken care of because of the government´s need for an effective civil administration.
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