Since 23 March last, European trademark legislation has been amended on a number of counts. The Community Trademark Directive (mandatory EU-guidelines for the legislation of member states) as well as the Trademark Regulation (legislation regarding the EU-trademark) have been amended.
read moreIn fiscal – and social security law, a distinction is made between those self-employed and those being employed. This latter group has to pay payroll taxes and social security contributions on the wages or salary received.
read moreFor some time now, the franchise branch in the Netherlands has been busy working on the Dutch franchise code. Since the beginning of 2015, this has been done by a Drafting Committee consisting of two members representing franchisee interests, two members representing the interests of franchisors, and assisted in this by two members provided by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
read moreIn the month of October 2015, the European Court of Justice delivered two important rulings in the domain of privacy law.
read moreArticle 7:669 BW stipulates that the employer may terminate an employment contract when there are reasonable grounds to do so, and the redeployment of the employee within a reasonable period of time, with or without training, to another suitable job is not possible or does not make sense.
read moreAt the end of November 2015, two resolutions were published: the ´Decision implementation dismissal rules on grounds of long-term incapacity for work 2015´, and the ´Decision implementation rules dismissal on commercial grounds 2015´.
read moreThe franchise branch in the Netherlands is divided, there is insufficient support for the concept Dutch Franchise Code. Does the alternative DFA Franchise Code of Conduct perhaps offer a way out?
read moreUnless it has a been otherwise agreed upon in writing (individually or collectively), under the Employment and Social Security Act (WWZ), effective 1 July 2015, the employer can terminate an employee´s employment contract prior to or after the day on which the employee acquires the right to retirement benefits under the AOW (state pension) or on the basis of a different pension scheme (article 7:669 sub 4 Dutch Civil Code, DCC)
read moreFrom 1 July, after concluding a settlement agreement or agreeing to the dismissal, the employee enters a cooling-off period. In this period, s/he can reconsider the agreement. In writing, the employer has to draw the employee´s attention to this cooling-off period.
read moreWith the introduction of the Employment and Social Security Act (WWZ), employee training becomes even more important. In the WWZ, training crops up several times (as an employer obligation or otherwise):
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