01 Jun

Posted at 10:20h in Uncategorized

[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 employers have a bonus scheme in place under which an employee is awarded an annual bonus depending on the results achieved by the employee, but with a discretionary power for the employer to award or moderate the...

04 Apr

Posted at 07:40h in Uncategorized

[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]Professional football can always count on media attention, even off the pitch. The employment law peripherals are beginning to resemble a parallel league. If players’ and coaches’ contracts are broken open mid-term, everyone can learn the amount of...

04 Apr

Posted at 07:39h in Uncategorized

[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]A ‘partnership’ is an alliance between individuals who jointly practice a profession or conduct a business, such as a maatschap (professional partnership) and a VOF (general partnership). Unlike limited liability companies (such as BVs), which are incorporated and...

04 Apr

Posted at 07:38h in Uncategorized

[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_empty_space][vc_column_text] Indexation clauses: what and how What are indexation clauses? Indexation clauses provide that the price in a contract is automatically adjusted based on an objective criterion, often the CPI inflation rate. The indexation clause is type of price adjustment...

04 Apr

Posted at 07:37h in Uncategorized

[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]The legislature adopted an Emergency Act shortly after the outbreak of the corona crisis. Since then, the legislature has each time extended that Emergency Act, but most of these measures for BVs (private limited liability companies) lapsed on...

04 Apr

Posted at 07:29h in Uncategorized

[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]After the District Court and the Court of Appeal had previously answered in the affirmative the question of whether Deliveroo delivery drivers in the Netherlands work under employment contracts, an affirmative answer also followed form the Supreme Court...

02 Feb

Posted at 11:47h in Uncategorized

[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]The Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and the State Secretary for Tax Affairs and Tax Administration informed both Houses of the Dutch parliament on 16 December 2022 in the form of a progress letter about the state...

02 Feb

Posted at 11:46h in Uncategorized

[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] The Didam judgment The Didam judgment centred on the sale by the municipality of Montferland of an old town hall to a property developer, while another party also showed an interest. The municipality argued that it was free to...

02 Feb

Posted at 11:46h in Uncategorized

[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] Background The Whistleblowers Authority Act entered into force in 2016. It obligates employers with at least 50 employees to have an internal reporting system in place for filing reports of suspected wrongdoing within the organisation. If an employee files...

02 Feb

Posted at 11:46h in Uncategorized

[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]Every year, an employee is entitled to vacation days (day’s holiday) of at least four times the working hours per week, known as ‘statutory holidays’. Often, however, an employer grants its employees more than the statutory minimum, known...