Every employer dreams of having perfectionist, industrious staff. One employer recently experienced the flip side of this when a former employee initiated proceedings against it, claiming payment of her overtime and damages for health problems, which included a miscarriage and a burnout. What was this all about? The employee...
Compensation only due in absence of notification
On 19 October 2020, the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal ruled on whether an employer had met its duty of notification and whether it owed the compensation in lieu of notification. According to the law, no later than one month before a fixed-term employment contract is due to end by...
Hide & seek! With a notice payment
The Central Netherlands District Court recently held that failure to turn up at work and failing to contact an employer would justify summary dismissal. What was the background here? The employee had been employed for a fixed period as a webshop worker since 1 November 2018. His second employment...
Relaxation of RVU: wider scope for early retirement!
On 1 January 2006, the tax advantage of “VUT” and other early retirement schemes was abolished. From then on, a scheme applies which is designed to offer employees a bridging payment until they reach pension age, in the form of an Early Retirement Scheme (“RVU”). The pension agreement of...