New rules as of 1 June 2020 The Dutch Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure to Preserve Employment (Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voor Werkbehoud, “NOW”) will be extended by three months. NOW has so far provided short-term financial aid to many employers, which contributed to 1.9 million employees retaining their jobs. An...
The Netherlands: Doing nothing doesn’t pay, even during Carnival
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 her duties and had shown no willingness to do her job....
Rehabilitation, corona and wage payment rules
Restrictive COVID-19 measures are affecting the evaluation of employers’ rehabilitation efforts. The Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) is aware that – because of COVID-19 – it is not always possible to do enough in the rehabilitating process. That said, it is not an excuse for employers to stop their rehabilitation...
Hefty penalty for scanning employees’ fingerprints
In a recent blog we reported on the risks of scanning staff’s fingerprints. After the court reprimanded Manfield last summer for using fingerprint scans to access the tills (click here, Dutch only), HEMA decided to ban these scans at the end of last year. It had intended to roll...