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New Year, new changes to HR rules in the Netherlands

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Employers in the Netherlands should be aware that in addition to previously announced (expected) legislative changes, the following rules in the HR field have come into effect as of 1 January 2024....more

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New Year, new Dutch employment law rules!

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On behalf of the Employment Team of Hogan Lovells Amsterdam, we extend our best wishes for the New Year. In this newsletter, we will highlight key employment law changes effective from the 1st of January 2024, including...more

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Netherlands: Works Council Chronical 2023

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In this newsletter, we highlight significant court rulings in 2023 that revolve around crucial aspects of the Dutch Works Council’s Act (WCA). Specifically, our focus is on the right of appeal (Article 26 WCA), the right to...more

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Dutch Supreme Court Finds On-Demand Deliverers Are Not Self-employed

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The Dutch Supreme Court has just ruled that Deliveroo meal deliverers are not self-employed, but rather “regular” employees. With this decision the Supreme Court confirms the earlier judgments of the Cantonal Court and the...more

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Littler Global Guide - Netherlands - Q4 2021

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Paid Parental Leave as of August 2, 2022 - New Legislation Enacted - On October 12, 2021, the Dutch Senate approved the Act on Paid Parental Leave, which is introduced as implementation of EU Directive 2019/1158. Currently,...more

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New Dutch Law Provides Nine Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

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On October 12, 2021, the Dutch Senate approved the Paid Parental Leave Act (in Dutch: Wet betaald ouderschapsverlof, the "Act"), which will enter into force on August 2, 2022. The purpose of the Act is to offer working...more

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The Netherlands: Employee Not Entitled to Reimbursement for Loss of Company Car During Illness

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The Hague Court of Appeal recently held that an employer could recover a leased company car from a sick employee without being obliged to reimburse the loss arising from the private use of the car....more

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The Netherlands: Is your fixed-term contract sufficiently clear?

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In the Netherlands, the end of a fixed-term employment contract is usually linked to a calendar date. Another possibility is for its duration to be linked to a particular piece of work or a project, provided that it is...more

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Dutch Court Ruling Shows a Fight is a Two-Way Street

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The Dutch Court of Appeal recently addressed damages owed in a dismissal action where both the employer and employee acted with serious culpability. The question for the court was who was to blame for the termination of the...more

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Dutch court holds COVID-19 justifies rent reduction. Will the same reasoning apply to salaries?

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The District Court of The Hague recently ruled that, because it is an unforeseen circumstance, the coronavirus crisis caused a fundamental imbalance in a lease agreement between a restaurant owner and the lessor. The court...more

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The Netherlands: Doing nothing doesn’t pay, even during Carnival

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Recently, the Court of Appeal in Den Bosch ruled on a case involving an employee’s claim for wages three years after she had stopped being called up for work. According to the court, the employee had deliberately neglected...more

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The business impact of the coronavirus from a Dutch employment law perspective

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The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 virus a "public health emergency of international concern". Therefore, it is recommended to prepare for the potential impact of the virus. ...more

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COVID-19 Toolkit for Employers in the Netherlands

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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

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Global Employment Law Update - April 2017

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In this edition of our Global Employment Law Update we look at the effects of the rapid growth of the "gig" economy across the jurisdictions. There have been significant case law and legislative responses, particularly on...more

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