The maximum transition payment is increased almost every year. As of 1 January 2021, the maximum transition payment is EUR 84,000 gross, or an amount equal to the gross annual salary if that amount is higher than EUR 84,000.
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Employers can ask employees to be present a few minutes early so they can start their actual duties on time. One reason for this may be that logging in, or starting up devices and systems, can take a while, meaning employees need to begin before their official start time. This raises the question of whether…
Under the Balanced Labour Market Act, payroll workers have been entitled to an adequate pension since 1 January 2021. As of that date, payroll workers are no longer required to be enrolled with the StiPP pension fund, meaning they no longer accrue pension there. The payroll employer is legally required to arrange an adequate pension…
Newsletter March 2023 Good morning, We would like to inform you about recent developments in employment law. Recent cases Recently we assisted three employees who together were entitled to a bonus of nearly 1 million euros. Read more: click here. Physician assistant summarily fired for impersonating her employer The employee sent an e-mail to the…
Court of Appeal ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 10 October 2024, ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2024:3166. A caregiver working at a nursing home in Sittard was wrongfully summarily dismissed. Unlike the District Court Limburg, the Court of Appeal ruled that the employee was in fact a whistleblower and was therefore entitled to protection against dismissal. Facts At the nursing home where the employee…
The employee had worked as a cleaner since early 2011. In 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, he returned from holiday later than agreed. He received several warnings. The employer informed him in writing that, if he again returned late from holiday, he would be summarily dismissed. On 28 July 2020, the employee reported sick. He…
Midden-Nederland District Court, 23 May 2025, ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2025:2519 Employee awarded over EUR 17,000 after three days of work An employment contract lasting only a few weeks proved costly for an employer. The subdistrict court ruled that an employee was entitled to fair compensation of just over EUR 17,000 gross, on top of the statutory transition payment….