Attention: another new development in employment law legal protection
Many labour law rules come from Europe. Therefore, for their application and enforceability, employers and employees should also look to 'Europe'.
Scientific Bureau
European law
Master’s degree in law, Open University
Doctoral research in Law, Open University
English
Dutch
As an academic assistant, Martin supports our lawyers in the field of European law.
Martin is associated with the Labour & Pensions section of GMW lawyers. In that section, he works closely with Prof Hans van Meerten. He and Van Meerten approach the Dutch pension system from a European law perspective.
Martin has years of experience as a researcher and university lecturer at the Open University. With his extensive experience and knowledge in European law, government and member state liability law, state aid and multi-level governance, Martin knows how to merge law with practice. He obtained his PhD from the Open University in 2020 with a thesis “Fishing rights and tradability in the Netherlands and Europe”.
Many labour law rules come from Europe. Therefore, for their application and enforceability, employers and employees should also look to 'Europe'.
It is common for an employer and employee to terminate an employment contract by entering into a settlement agreement.
Last year, the Swedish EU presidency published a draft proposal for a European directive to protect platform workers and combat bogus self-employment.