Blog

15 April 2026

What to consider with overtime?

Employment contracts specify the number of hours an employee works per week. However, employees may sometimes be expected to work beyond these agreed hours, especially when approaching critical deadlines.

All Administrative law Art law Company law Employment law Family law Inheritance law Insolvency law Liability law Mediation Pension law Personal injury law Real estate law Tenancy law

6 April 2021

Working from home: what is the employer responsible and liable for?

The Work Where You Want Act, which would establish a right to work from home, will not be introduced for the time being.

23 March 2021

Settlement agreements and redundancy

As businesses continue to reorganise, we see an increasing number of questions about settlement agreements and forced redundancy.

10 March 2021

Oral notification remains invalid

An employer is obliged to inform an employee no later than one month before the end date of his/her temporary employment contract whether the contract will be extended or not.

17 February 2021

Guide for employers in vaccination maze

Anyone who told an employer outside of healthcare a year ago that they should be involved in vaccination issues would have been declared crazy.

5 January 2021

Indirect vaccination obligation in the workplace

What options does an employer have to urge or coerce employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19?

23 December 2020

The non-competition clause as a written record

Every employer fears it: employees who defect to a competitor and want to share trade secrets with their new employer for a higher salary.

16 December 2020

Why you can’t ignore your non-compete clause

Non-compete, non-competition, business and partner relation clauses; learn why these stipulations are commonly included in employment contracts, when they are legally valid in the Netherlands, what makes them so important, and why you cannot ignore them.

3 November 2020

Corona crisis in the workplace: lessons learned

Entrepreneurs and business owners have been suffering from the corona crisis for six months.

2 November 2020

The trial period

The trial period (or probationary period) is a period of time during which the employer and the employee can check, more or less without obligation, whether the employment contract is satisfactory.