Controversy about the non-compete clause
The non-compete clause is not ‘set in stone’. In practice we see many conflicts and proceedings about the non-compete clause, especially in the current tight labour market.
Lawyer / associate partner
Employment law
Civil service law
Pension law
Employee participation law
Law, Leiden University
Post academic training Labour Law (PALA), Erasmus University Rotterdam/VU
Pension law, Oysterwijck College/Akkermans & Partners
Member of the Netherlands Employment Lawyers Association (VAAN)
Member of The Hague Employment Lawyers Association (VHAA)
Member of the Labour Law Association
Member of the Association Civil Servants & Law
Member of the Association for Pension Law
Disciplinary judge Royal Dutch Hockey Association (KNHB)
Editorial secretary of the Journal of Public Sector Law (TAR)
Lecturer Legal PAO Leiden University (collective labour law and strike law)
Treasurer VHAA
The role of piecework in employment law, Labour Law 2023/36
Labour law sanctions bookish employee and civil servant, TAR 2022/120
Annotation collective dismissal committee, JAR 2022/40
Shared duty of care between employer and pension provider in the provision of information, Pension Law Association, March 2021
Dismissal for breach of performance standard: double preventive dismissal test, TAR 2020/17
Limits to civil servants’ freedom of expression on social media, TAR 2018/1
“Drastic changes to the Minimum Wage and Minimum Holiday Allowance Act as of 1 January 2018”, TAP 2017/301
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Koen Vermeulen is your sparring partner for all questions on employment law, employee participation and pensions.
He has more than 20 years of consulting and litigation experience in employment law. In addition, Koen advises entrepreneurs and individuals on all civil-law aspects of pension schemes.
His services also include giving presentations to employers, institutions and works councils on developments in labour relations, employee participation and pensions. Koen always acts from a (pro)active commitment to his clients’ interests. In doing so, he combines a practical approach with his scientific interest, as evidenced by his publications and lectureships. The latter has included several years in the field of collective labour law (collective labour agreement law) at the Employment Law Specialisation Course organised by Leiden University.
In addition, Koen advises entrepreneurs and individuals on all civil-law aspects of pension schemes.
His services also include giving presentations to employers, municipalities and works councils on developments in labour relations, employee participation and pensions. Koen always acts from a (pro)active commitment to his clients’ interests. In doing so, he combines a practical approach with his scientific interest, as evidenced by his publications and lectureships. The latter has included several years in the field of collective labour law (collective labour agreement law) at the Employment Law Specialisation Course organised by Leiden University.
Netherlands Bar – register of legal practice areas
Koen Vermeulen has registered the following legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):
This registration obliges him to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.
The non-compete clause is not ‘set in stone’. In practice we see many conflicts and proceedings about the non-compete clause, especially in the current tight labour market.
Shortly before the summer holidays, the Supreme Court delivered two rulings on summary dismissal. These refer to the urgent reason notice requirement in the dismissal letter and the claim for compensation from an employee who is summarily dismissed.
On 21 April 2023, the Supreme Court delivered an important ruling on amending a provision in a pension scheme about the granting of supplements (price indexation).