Employee Participation
Our clients are both employers and (central) works councils that we assist with, among other things, requests for advice and consent, the drafting of regulations or company agreements and changes to the employee participation structure. Thanks to our extensive experience, we use a sharp legal eye and an open mind to come up with solutions that work in the interest of the organization and the employees. We realize the complexity of some employee participation issues and draw on our own experience in many cases and within a large number of sectors, including in the telecom and automation sector and at healthcare institutions and housing associations.
Renzo Ter Haseborg
partner/lawyer
Yvette Kouwenberg
partner/lawyer
Barbara Spliet
partner/lawyer
News
The protection of works council members
Members of the Works Council, but also, for example, members of Works Council committees, are protected against detriment under the Dutch Works Councils Act (WOR) (section 21 WOR).
Newsflash: working with self-employed workers after Deliveroo ruling
Many organisations work with self-employed workers. Whether they are called self-employed without staff, consultants or freelancers: for most organisations, it is important that these self-employed workers cannot be seen as employees. Only then Dutch dismissal law and continued payment during illness will not apply and the employer avoids additional tax assessments from the tax authorities
Amending works council regulations and right of consent for remuneration schemes
Amendment to the Works Councils Act (WOR) and consequences for the regulations of the works council
The Works Council has the right to be informed in detail of planned measures to mitigate the social impact for employees
When requesting the advice of the Works Council pursuant to the Dutch Works Council Act an overview must be provided of (a) the consequences of the intended decision for the employees and (b) the social measures to be taken in this respect.
Employee participation: right to consent to travel expenses, right of appeal by works council in case of new facts and circumstances and exclusion of trade unions
Employee participation: right to consent to travel expenses, right of appeal by works council in case of new facts and circumstances and exclusion of trade unions
Recently, a number of judgements have been published that may be of interest to those involved in employee participation. It concerns the following: