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Transition compensation after two years of illness
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 moreCurrent issues employment law
The 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.
Alerts on employee participation: remuneration, the right of consent on the sale of the company, participation and role supervisor, and privacy
Employee participation law keeps developing. Below are some alerts for those who are interested in or concerned with employee participation.
read moreCan a work of art be a Trademark?
In the autumn of 2015, the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (“BOIP”) organized a marketing campaign. During the campaign, anyone depositing a logo with the BOIP would be presented with the logo as a painting on canvas.
read moreKeep your trade secrets safe
From 9 June 2018, the European Trade Secrets Directive has to be part of Dutch law. The bill is at present being debated. The new law should give holders of trade secrets more possibilities to act against unlawful use of their trade secrets.
read moreFranchise and distribution development
There are a number of interesting recent developments in the field of franchise and distribution:
Franchise bill ‘on hold’
First of all, the franchise bill, on which an internet consultation was held in 2017, has been put ‘on hold’ in October 2017. In the coalition agreement Rutte III[1], which the new Dutch government presented on 10 October 2017, says about franchise:
Franchise prognoses: the dutch supreme court clarifies its standpoint, but it is not groundbreaking
On 24 February 2017, the Dutch Supreme Court (ECLI:NL:HR:2017:311) ruled that a franchisor can also act unlawfully when a prognosis drawn up by him/her contains errors, without the franchisor knowing of these errors.
read moreTransition compensation: Update
The 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 moreImportant new pension scheme rights of the work council (OR)
Act amending the Works Council Act (WOR) and the Pension Act concerning the rights of the Works Council relating to pension as an employment condition (of 22 June 2016)
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