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7 August 2023
AI Usage in the workplace
As businesses ride the Aritifical Intelligence (AI) wave, it’s time to buckle up and set sail with confidence. How? By crafting a stellar AI Usage Policy! AI is taking over, and we’re fully immersed in designing the ultimate policy to conquer AI challenges and harness its endless possibilities in the workplace. Here are a few key reasons why employers should seriously consider adopting an AI Usage Policy: Guardrails…
Read more >7 August 2023
Weather alarm: working in the office and continued wage payment
Despite the fact that the summer holiday has started in the Netherlands, we still await good summer weather. Moreover, in recent weeks, several ‘weather alarms’ (Code Red, Code Orange and Code Yellow) were issued by KNMI or the government, and warnings were also issued not to go on the road. In which case can the employer not require the employee to show up at the office (on time)…
Read more >7 August 2023
Dutch labour law to be revisited?
Recently, the legislative proposal ‘More Security for Flex Workers’ went into consultation. This means that anyone can respond to the legislative proposal until Sept. 4. The legislative proposal includes – in brief – the following changes: Provision on succession of fixed-term employment contracts: On-call workers: Temporary workers: Exceptions: Whether these proposed changes will be enacted into law remains to be seen. Especially given the current political situation in…
Read more >29 June 2023
Four years later: is the NCC already a success?
Following on from the commercial courts that already existed in some big cities (such as London, Dublin, Delaware, Dubai and Singapore), the government gave approval to open a court in the Netherlands specialized in international commercial disputes in 2015. Incentives were a yearning for an English-language jurisdiction and an improvement in the international trade position of the Netherlands. When the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) was established, it was…
Read more >19 June 2023
Court of Appeal: mandatory 10-minute start-up time is paid working time
The Court of Appeal of The Hague rules – as did the sub-district court – that the mandatory 10 minutes of start-up time of an employee in a call center is paid working time. This entails that his five-year wage claim is granted. In this case, the employee was required by his employment contract to arrive at work 10 minutes early and there was a min-max agreement in…
Read more >19 June 2023
New procedural rules UWV
As of 1 April 2023, new rules will apply to requests for additional postponement for the purpose of negotiations with the employee. When a request for dismissal for business economic reasons is submitted to the UWV, it is customary to first submit a so-called A-form and then to enter into discussions with the employee concerned about an amicable settlement. UWV usually allows a two-week period for this. If…
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