Employment Law
Employment law is constantly changing, with various new legislation in the field of, among other things, dismissal and flexible employment. We focus on employment law in the broadest sense, including individual and collective dismissals (reorganisations), changes to employment conditions and non-competition clauses. We also have extensive experience in the field of flexible employment relationships and contract agreements. Our clients are both national and international employers, (statutory) directors and employees, in virtually all sectors of the economy.
Barbara Spliet
partner/lawyer
Yvette Kouwenberg
lawyer/associate partner
News
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.
Reorganization: new rules published by UWV (Employee Insurance Agency)
UWV has published new implementation rules on redundancy. These rules are effective as of 1 September 2020.
Temporary emergency bridging measure for jobs retention (NOW) 3
Although the details of NOW 3 are not yet known, the government announced several amendments. The exact terms and conditions of NOW 3 will be announced by 1 October 2020.
COVID-inspired issues – relevant case law summary
Court bans unilateral COVID-inspired salary decrease of 25%
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).