The Global Guide Quarterly (GGQ) is a newsletter Littler publishes on a quarterly basis to provide a general update on global labor and employment (L&E) law developments in key countries in the American, EMEA, and APAC...more
It is becoming increasingly common for employees in the Netherlands to record the smartphone conversations they have with their employers in order to collect evidence, exert some pressure, or for use in court proceedings,...more
11/16/2021
/ Audio Recording ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidence ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Internal Communications ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Regulatory Requirements
A recent Dutch Court of Appeal decision demonstrates the importance of conducting a fair investigation into charges of employee misconduct. The court in this case awarded “immaterial” damages to a manager whose job was...more
A recurring discussion whenever there is a proposal to dismiss a managing director is whether they actually are a managing director under the articles of association (statutair bestuurder). This is an important question...more
Over the past few days, the Netherlands has been hit by a number of coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks. COVID-19 has a direct impact on the workplace. How should employers and employees deal with COVID-19?...more
3/2/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Leave of Absence ,
Netherlands ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Management ,
Telecommuting ,
Traveling Employee ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Our European practice, spread across 13 offices in the region’s most robust economies, can provide a single point of contact for clients’ global labor and employment needs. Here we highlight significant labor and employment...more
10/23/2019
/ Belgium ,
Employee Mobility ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Fixed-Term Labor Contracts ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Germany ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Italy ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoffs ,
Netherlands ,
Norway ,
Pay Gap ,
Reorganizations ,
Traveling Employee ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Works Council