Midden-Nederland District Court May 23, 2025, ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2025:2519 Employee receives over €17,000 after three days of labor An employment contract of only a few weeks cost an employer dearly. The subdistrict court ruled that an employee was entitled to fair compensation of over EUR 17,000 gross, in addition to the statutory transitional compensation. The reason was…
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….
Summary dismissal for fraudulent bereavement claim Noord-Holland District Court, 17 April 2025, ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2025:4508 In a recent ruling, the court held that an employee had rightly been summarily dismissed for deliberately deceiving her employer. The employee lied about her son’s death and handed over forged documents to obtain a financial contribution from her employer. Facts The…
Cleaners could be hired by households through the Helpling platform. Transactions ran through the platform, which received a commission on every cleaning assignment. The Supreme Court has ruled that, for classification as an agency work contract under Section 7:690 of the Dutch Civil Code, it is not necessary for the hiring of an agency worker…
This bill forms the first major component of the so-called labour market package, and aims to strengthen the position of flexible workers in the labour market. The intended effective date is 1 January 2027, with some elements possibly taking effect as early as 1 January 2026. Three concrete measures are proposed. Abolition of zero-hours contracts…
Limburg District Court, 11 April 2025, ECLI:NL:RBLIM:2025:3427 In these summary proceedings, an employee claimed continued payment of her wages after her employer had stopped them. The subdistrict court rejected the claim. Under the given circumstances, the employer was entitled to stop wages, since the employee showed insufficient willingness to take part in mediation. Facts The…
Noord-Holland District Court, 4 March 2025, ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2025:2134 In this case, an employer was ordered to pay damages and outstanding holiday allowance to a long-term incapacitated employee, because it had wrongly failed to respond to several requests to terminate the employment contract with payment of a transition payment — a so-called “Xella request”. Facts The employee…
Midden-Nederland District Court, 12 March 2025, ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2025:1007. The employee submitted a request to his employer under Section 2b of the Flexible Working Act (Wfw) to convert his fixed-term employment contract into an indefinite-term contract. The employer did not respond to the employee’s request in good time and with reasons, and the employee argued his employment…
‘s-Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal, 20 March 2025, ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2025:747 A chronically ill employee is not obliged to disclose information about his medical situation during a job interview where there is no connection between the chronic illness and the requirements of the role. On 20 March 2025, ‘s-Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal ruled that a request to dissolve…
Gelderland District Court, 14 March 2025, ECLI:NL:RBGEL:2025:1994 On leaving, an employee left farewell gifts with inappropriate messages for her colleagues, after which the employer summarily dismissed her. On 14 March 2025, Gelderland District Court ruled that the summary dismissal was not valid, since the employee’s conduct did not constitute an urgent cause and could not…
Rotterdam District Court, 9 January 2025, ECLI:NL:RBROT:2025:319 An employee drove a company car into a ditch while on holiday, under the influence of alcohol (three times the legal limit). On 9 January 2025, Rotterdam District Court ruled that the summary dismissal following this incident was valid. Facts The employee started working for the employer in…
Noord-Holland District Court, 15 January 2025, ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2025:136 This case centres on whether an employee is entitled to payment for overtime worked, despite the provision in the employment contract stating that overtime is deemed to be included in the salary. Facts The employee started working for his employer on 1 October 2022. During his employment, the…