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Chair dancing or tug-of-war? Restructuring step 2: selection
Categories: RestructuringIn our blog from last month, we discussed the step 1 of the restructuringroadmap (the reasoning). Below you will find our infographic, in which the steps to be taken and the timeline are shown schematically. This blog focuses on step 2: the selection. If an Read more
Restructuring: look before you leap
Categories: RestructuringRestructuring step 1: Choose the right reason Following The Boontje restructering roadmap we announced a series of blog posts earlier this month. Below you will find our infographic, in which the steps to be taken and the timeline are shown schematically. This blog focuses on Read more
NOW (3.0) restructuring?
Categories: NOWNOW 3.0 allows the employer to restructure its business and at the same time retain the entitlement to salary compensation. In our last blog we informed you about NOW 3.0, the new Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure for the Preservation of Work (NOW) and successor of Read more
What’s new? NOW 3.0 continues to provide (more limited) compensation for wage costs, but allows for reorganisation.
Categories: NOWNOW 2.0 will end on 1 October, but for many employers financial support is essential and it is crucial to be able to adapt to the new economic situation.The Dutch Government will extend the Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure for the Preservation of Work (NOW) with Read more
New package of financial aid measures
Categories: NOWEarlier today, the Dutch government announced the main features of the new package of the financial aid measures regarding to the consequences of the outbreak of Covid-19. The details of these schemes will be announced at a later date. In this memorandum we highlight the Read more
Employers beware: take action so that the statutory holidays will lapse!
Categories: Statutory holidaysIn a previous blog, we pointed out that in principle an employer cannot oblige an employee to take days as holiday. The strict (and compulsorily applicable) holiday legislation prevents this. However, this does not mean that an employer is completely powerless. If the employer acts Read more
Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure for the Preservation of Work (‘’NOW’’) published
Categories: NOWDuring a press conference at 10:00 am today, Minister Koolmees announced details of the Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure for the Preservation of Work (‘NOW’). The scheme was published simultaneously. In this memo we discuss the main features of the NOW scheme. Loss of turnover Under Read more
Temporary Emergency Measure for the Preservation of Work (‘’NOW’’) and Unemployment Insurance Act premium differentiation
Categories: NOWYesterday evening, March 17, the Dutch government announced a package of exceptional economic measures in view of the coronavirus. These measures include: the immediate repeal of the short-time working scheme; the simultaneous introduction of the new ‘Tijdelijke noodmaatregel overbrugging voor werkbehoud’ (in English: Temporary Emergency Read more
More protection for flexible employees
Categories: Employment contract, FlexProtecting employees in the so called “platform economy” has been of current interest. Previously, the Dutch courts had to decide whether or not the contract between Deliveroo and her riders need to be qualified as employment contracts or assignment contracts. The call for better employment Read more
Is it unlawful for a former employer to give a bad reference?
Categories: Employment contract, PrivacyThe Court of Appeal in the Netherlands recently ruled on the question whether a bad reference that an employer gave about a former employee (a teacher) was unlawful. The teacher argued that he had missed out on a new job as a result. The Court Read more
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