Since the entry into force of the new sub-district court formula per 1 January 2009, it was explicitly stipulated in recommendation

On 12 October 2010 the European Court of Justice issued a ruling on the validity of clauses in collective bargaining agreements which contain the provision that

The question regularly arises as to whether the employer is entitled to unilaterally change the position of an employee if the employee performs inadequately in his current position.

For many employers, the ability to enforce restrictive covenants when key employees leave can be of grave concern.  Generally, the more senior an employee is, the wider the

A legally valid non-compete clause can only be agreed in writing with an employee of age

If an employer has employees with a non-Dutch nationality perform work, there are at least two obligations requiring the specific attention of employers

UWV WERKbedrijf, the administrative office for employed persons insurance schemes, generally attaches the so-called condition for re-entry into service to a dismissal permit due to

For a few years now the updated Employment Contract Act has been in force. In 2009 quite many changes became enforced which can be summarized as balancing the rights and

Per 1 March 2012 the Collective Redundancy (Notification) Act (Wet melding collectief ontslag or WMCO) shall be amended. The amendments to the WMCO were enacted by

The first employers have now auto-enrolled their relevant workers. It is very early days, but so far there have been a variety of favourable and unfavourable comments from employers