[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] Introduction The Dutch dismissal system is internationally renowned for its preventive dismissal assessment. In the case of a statutair directeur (director appointed under the articles of association), however, the UWV (Employee Insurance Agency) or the court need not make...

[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]This article provides an overview on various (possible) developments and points for attention in the field of corporate law in 2023. Proposed end to provisions under the Temporary COVID Act The Tijdelijke wet COVID-19 Justitie en Veiligheid (Temporary COVID-19 Justice...

[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]Many sectors are dealing with delivery problems and higher cost prices caused by one or more crises. In this article we look at the legal position of buyers and suppliers in business-to-business contracts in the face of longer...

[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]Article 7:629(3)(a) of the Dutch Civil Code provides that an employer is not required to pay wages in the event of illness intentionally caused by an employee. It is almost impossible to imagine a case involving illness by...

[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]It will not have escaped anyone's attention that major social issues such as climate change, as well as topics such as diversity and inclusion, are now the focus of attention. These themes have also made their way into...

[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]Employers and job applicants frequently negotiate during an application procedure before entering into an employment contract, for instance on the amount of the salary or the entitlement to a company car or a thirteenth month. This negotiation phase...

[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 were first introduced to the #MeToo hashtag five years ago. Since then, (sexually) transgressive behaviour in the workplace has increasingly been in the limelight. In case law, since #MeToo, sexually transgressive behaviour increasingly leads to the termination...

[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]Dutch judges have the possibility to ask the Supreme Court so-called preliminary questions. These are legal questions on the interpretation of legal rules on which the Supreme Court has not ruled before. The court in Limburg made use...