[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a parliamentary letter on 2 June 2023, the government announced its intention to change the rules around the non-compete clause. The proposed plans are addressed in this article. What is a non-compete clause? Many employers agree on a non-compete...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since 1 August 2022, an employer may no longer simply prohibit an employee from performing work for another party. Article 7:653a of the Dutch Civil Code provides that an employer may do so only if it has an...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the start of the employment contract, the parties may agree on a probationary period of one month (in the case of a fixed-term employment contract lasting longer than six months but shorter than two years) or two...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Eight years have passed since the introduction of the statutory transition payment. Roughly speaking, this consists of one-third of a month’s salary per year of service. But which amounts on the payslip should or should not be included...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]To answer this question, it is first good to know what smart contracts are exactly. Smart contracts are applications that use blockchain technology. Blockchain is little more than a digital register in which transactions are kept. This registry...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In our November 2022 newsletter, we already looked ahead briefly to the proposed update of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code (the “Code”). The Code, which sets out the rules of conduct for good corporate governance, was recently amended...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]We wrote about the Mandatory Confidential Counsellor Bill in our December 2022 newsletter already. This bill seeks to amend the Arbowet (Working Conditions Act) with a view to giving every employee who is confronted with undesirable behaviour at...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Until the introduction of the Wet werk en zekerheid (Work and Security Act), a director was regularly presented with the ‘great winds blow on high hills’ argument in court: a director shouldn’t whine, but should simply accept the...