From 1 January 2024, the Dutch statutory interest and statutory commercial interest rates may be adjusted again. What are the consequences under Dutch law, should your contracting party fail to pay, or pay late?
read moreExpelling a member from the works council is not possible under the Works Council Act (WOR) by the works council or company itself. However, a member can be excluded from acting as works council member by the court (section 13 of the WOR).
read moreJiskefet ‘not amused’ when they heard that publisher Noblesse wanted to publish a ‘Jiskefet encyclopaedia’.
read moreThe new Policy Rules on Administrative Fines have been published in the Government Gazette (Staatscourant) and take effect from 1 January 2024.
read moreAs a result of the Future Pensions Act (“Wtp”), the pension system will change from a system of pension rights to one with pension savings pots. Personal choices of the employee will also more often determine the amount of the pension. The transition to a contribution agreement with an age-independent contribution (“flat rate”) means that almost all pension schemes will have to be overhauled in the coming period.
read moreMembers 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).
read moreIn an outline letter dated 5 July 2022 , the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (in Dutch: Minister SZW) presented a framework approach to achieve a reform of the current labour market system.
read moreMany 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
read moreInadequate performance by the employee may, under circumstances, be grounds for termination of the employment agreement. For a request for dissolution to succeed, a number of conditions must be met.
read moreCurrently, the Act on Deregulation of Assessment of working relations (in Dutch: Wet DBA) is in place to (help) clarify the working relationship between principals and contractors. Unfortunately, in practice, the Act has not brought the clarity that was intended beforehand.
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