As of 1 January 2022, the minimum wage is as follows: Table: minimum wage per month, week and day (gross amounts as of 1 January 2022) Age Per month Per week Per day 21 and over €1,725.00 €398.10 €79.62 20 €1,380.00 €318.50 €63.70 19 €1,035.00 €238.85 €47.77 18 €862.50 €199.05 €39.81 17 €681.40 €157.25 €31.45…
The cabinet has decided to widen the NOW 5 (November and December 2021) and NOW 6 (first quarter of 2022) schemes. The maximum reimbursable revenue loss is raised from 80% to 90%. This means that, when calculating the amount of NOW subsidy, a maximum revenue-loss percentage of 90% is used. Since the subsidy period, and…
The employee had worked as a dancer for Stichting Dans, Dans en Theater since 2006. In mid-October 2021, the employer asked him to get tested for the coronavirus where relevant. He refused. From late October 2021, the employer suspended him and stopped paying his salary as of 1 December 2021. From 29 November 2021, the…
The General Old Age Pensions Act (AOW) provides for a phased increase in the state pension age. From 2026, the AOW age is automatically linked to life-expectancy trends. The law provides that any further increase in the AOW age is determined annually based on the average remaining life expectancy of 65-year-olds. Any increase in the…
NOW 5As of 28 November 2021, additional coronavirus measures were introduced. In response, a new NOW wage-subsidy scheme (NOW 5) was introduced, so businesses could continue to keep staff employed and pay wages. NOW 5 (the seventh NOW application period) covers the period from 1 November 2021 to 31 December 2021. NOW 5 is largely…
For the second NOW application period, the final calculation could be requested until 31 March 2022. For later application periods (from NOW 3 onwards), the final calculation could be requested until 23 February 2023. Final NOW calculation, 2nd application periodThe second application period covers June through September 2020. To request the final NOW calculation for…
The employer acted in a seriously culpable manner by offering the employee a settlement agreement while he was sick. The employee is entitled to fair compensation. He was not, however, awarded full reimbursement of his legal costs, since the employer had not abused its procedural rights. FactsThe employee had worked for the employer since 2007….
An employee who resigned from his employment contract with immediate effect must pay damages to the employer under Section 7:677 of the Dutch Civil Code. There was no urgent cause, and the employment contract could not be terminated prematurely. Facts The employee joined Bema on 1 January 2020 under a fixed-term contract as a warehouse…
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…
An employee who systematically refused to wear a face mask while working acted (seriously) culpably. The employment contract was dissolved with immediate effect, without any transition payment. FactsThe employee had worked since 24 November 2015 at Asito Transport Aircraft Services B.V. as a ground-transport equipment worker. Asito cleans aircraft at Schiphol Airport. Due to the…
The employee had received the wrong hourly wage for six years. She argued she had been incorrectly graded and was entitled to a higher hourly wage under the CLA for the fish-trade retail sector. Her claim for unpaid wages covering the period from 2014 to 2020 was granted. FactsThe employer operates a sole proprietorship under…
The agreement between a professional conductor and an association (a small amateur choir) does not qualify as an employment contract. The conductor could arrange a substitute, her fee included VAT, and there was no relationship of authority, since the choir’s members could not give her instructions on substance. FactsThe conductor began working for the association…