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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
Which privacy rights does an employee have?
Categories: PrivacyDutch Data Protection Authority [Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens] (‘Dutch DPA’) imposes fine of EUR 48,000 Earlier this month, it was announced[1] that the Dutch DPA had collected a fine of EUR 48,000 from Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers (‘TGB’). The reason for the fine was that TGB had not granted a Read more
The redeployment obligation means being active!
Categories: terminationThe redeployment obligation which the employer must comply with in the context of an employee’s termination is a best-effort obligation, not an obligation to achieve a certain result. But how far do the efforts need to go? How active does the employer need to be? Read more
Privacy and the Works Council (Part II): What role does the Works Council play in implementation of the GDPR?
Categories: Employee participation law, PrivacyPart I of the blog about privacy and the Works Council discussed the main points of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). We focussed in particular on the introduction of accountability and the new obligations for organisations in the context of the new Regulation. Read more
Privacy and the Works Council: What Works Council members need to know about the GDPR
Categories: Employee participation law, PrivacyThe EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) came into force on 25 May 2018. This means that it also applies to the Dutch business community. Organisations will therefore need, as far as possible, to be “GDPR-proof” in order to avoid high fines imposed by Read more
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