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A relationship clause is also a non-compete clause

The Supreme Court issued another interesting ruling last week (click here for the full judgment). The subject of the dispute was the question of whether a non-solicitation clause also falls under the statutory rules for a non-compete clause and whether the employer could demonstrate that this clause was validly agreed...

Amendment to the Working Conditions Act adopted by the Senate

On January 25th, the Senate adopted the bill to amend the Working Conditions Act (Arbowet). The purpose of this legislative amendment is to strengthen the involvement of employers and employees in occupational health services. The main changes are: strengthening the position of the prevention officer and cooperation with the occupational...

Complaining about a GP on Facebook is not allowed

A patient had visited his general practitioner for kidney complaints. Later, the functionality of one of his kidneys had largely failed. The patient accused his general practitioner of not intervening decisively and timely and posted various accusations about her on his Facebook page. Among other things, he wrote “this will...

Third Progress Letter WWZ to the House of Representatives

Last week, the Third Progress Report WWZ from Minister Asscher (SZW) to the House of Representatives on the progress of the Work and Security Act (Wwz) was published. It appears that the costs of dismissal for employers have decreased: the compensation to be paid to an employee is on average...

Bill proposal compensation employers for transition compensation after 2 years continued payment of sick employee

New in the WWZ was that a sick employee, upon dismissal after two years of illness, can also claim compensation, namely the transition compensation. This has led to an increase in the number of ‘dormant employment contracts’ this past year, where the sick employee remains officially employed but no longer...

Easier hiring of people with disabilities

From now on, it is easier for employees to hire people with a work disability. A few days ago, the UWV launched the ‘candidate explorer jobs agreement’, an online personnel database with nearly 60 thousand job seekers with a work disability. In addition, the no-risk policy (which covers the employer’s...

Week of Work Stress: apply for a subsidy now!

Yesterday marked the start of the Work Stress Week, which draws attention to work stress and burnout and seeks preventive measures for them. Companies across the country are organizing activities to tackle work stress and increase job satisfaction. Nearly 2.7 million employees in the Netherlands are dealing with a (too)...

Civil servant soon no longer a civil servant

The Senate passed the Civil Servants’ Legal Status Normalization Act last week. This will come into effect in mid-2017. The main change is that the civil servant status will be abolished. In addition, the following changes will take place The appointment ‘by operation of law’ is converted into an employment...

Transition allowance as of 1 January 2017

As of 1 January 2017, the maximum transition allowance will be increased from €76,000 to €77,000 gross due to the annual indexation. For employees with a gross annual salary above €77,000, the maximum transition allowance is equal to the annual salary.