When a collective labour agreement (CAO) is entered into not just for a company, but for an entire industry, a request can be submitted to the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment to have the CAO declared binding. All employers…
In an employment agreement for an indefinite period, no end date is agreed upon. The employment agreement will end when an employee himself gives notice or if the employer terminates the employment agreement.
An employment agreement can be entered into for a fixed or for an indefinite period. In a fixed-term employment agreement, the end date is stated in the agreement. This can be a period of a few months or years, but…
If an employee is incapacitated for work due to illness, the starting point is that an employer has to continue to pay wages during the first two years of illness. Most employers and employees are familiar with this rule. It…
Under certain circumstances, it is possible to enter into an agreement for services instead of an employment agreement in connection with the performance of activities. In the event of an agreement for services, the contractor performs a job for the…
When a person has been appointed as a director of a company under the articles of association, this has consequences for his position under employment law. A director under the articles of association enjoys less legal protection in the event…
You take over a company in your capacity of entrepreneur, and employees who previously were employed by the selling party, will now be employed by your company. There is a considerable risk that there will be a ‘transfer of undertaking’…
Many employers are not aware that also on the basis of the activities they carry out as a company, they may fall within the scope of a mandatory collective agreement, and that they are thus obliged to (at least) apply…
The entry into force of the new Work and Security Act (Wet werk en zekerheid (WWZ)) also entails less known changes of employment law. There are statutory time limits within which a certain right must be enforced. Also within employment…
In practice, there are more and more employees who do not want to retire from work when they reach the state pension age. Also employers are increasingly tempted to allow such employees to continue to work. New legislation, which will…