Dutch government publishes general criteria for working from home

Below is an overview of the government’s key employment-law plans. Labour market shortagesTo address labour shortages, the government is focusing on reducing demand for labour, increasing labour supply, and improving the match between the two. Employers have been called on to, for example, offer better terms of employment, recruit differently, and look at under-used part-time…

Supreme Court of the Netherlands, 20 September 2024, ECLI:NL:HR:2024:1278 In this ruling, the Supreme Court clarified how the statutory duty to complain applies to outstanding wages. The central question was whether an employee can still claim outstanding wages if they only raise the issue a considerable time after the end of their employment. Facts The…

This Court of Appeal ruling addressed whether an employee, despite being ill, had nonetheless been able to take her holiday days. The Court of Appeal found this to be the case, meaning most of her holiday days had lapsed. Facts The employee worked as a sector manager. In late June 2017, she was informed that…

Trade unions and employers’ associations have reached agreement in principle on a new collective labour agreement for municipalities (CAO Gemeenten). The agreement will run for two years and is currently being put to their respective memberships. The CAO Gemeenten will change as follows: Financial benefitsAs of 1 December 2021, the salaries of employees covered by…

Consequences of the curfew and the expanded support packageThe coronavirus measures were tightened further on 21 January 2021. From 23 January 2021, a curfew applies. At the same time, the cabinet’s support package has been substantially expanded. What do the tightened measures and the expanded support package mean for businesses? Here is an overview. CurfewFrom…