Pension Law
We are engaged in advising, litigating and drawing up contracts with regard to general pension law. We are particularly involved in changing pension schemes and advising on pension aspects in acquisitions.
Renzo Ter Haseborg
partner/lawyer
News
Intellectual Property and the impending BREXIT
The end of the Brexit transition period is near! Although the negotiations between the United Kingdom and the EU are still in full swing, several changes in the field of intellectual property have already become clear.k
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.
The New Franchise Act: who owns goodwill?
The Franchise Act will (almost certainly) enter into force on January 1, 2021. This will be a historical event for the Netherlands, for it is the first actual Dutch Franchise Act. The impact of the new Act on practices of franchise organizations is major and requires adjustment not only as to method of operation but also of franchise agreements.
Franchise agreements must contain a clause on how goodwill, if any, must be assessed within the franchise company upon termination of the franchise agreement (Article 7:920 Dutch Civil Code).
Employee Participation Update
These are busy times for companies and employee participation bodies; many changes in employment conditions and reorganizations are taking place. However, these are not the only developments in the field of employee participation law.
Schrems II case: consequences for the transfer of personal data to th
Last summer, the European Court of Justice ruled in the Schrems II case that US national law does not provide a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed in the EU. National law allows US government authorities to access personal data transferred from the EU to the US for national security purposes.