Labor matters

An employee working from abroad sounds attractive, but legally there is a lot involved: working conditions, tax implications, data privacy in non-EU countries, and the rules surrounding secondment. As an employer, you keep...

If you wish to offer a work-study placement, you must properly arrange four things: recognition as a training company, a training employment contract, a safe workplace, and appropriate supervision. This way, you invest in young talent and...

Unpaid leave is leave during which the employee takes time off without pay — sometimes a statutory right, sometimes not. As an employer, you may not simply reject a request: you must...

Illness of a temporary agency worker no longer automatically terminates the temporary employment contract with a temporary employment clause: according to the Supreme Court, this is only possible at the active request of the hirer. For temporary employment agencies, hirers, and temporary agency workers...

A general ban on relationships in the workplace does not hold up legally because it infringes upon a fundamental right and the private sphere — but as an employer, you can impose a notification obligation...

Making distinctions in a job application process is sometimes permitted, but only under strict conditions — for example, through a preferential policy for a disadvantaged group. Such a policy must be disclosed in advance and may...

Starting your own business while receiving unemployment benefits is possible, sometimes even while (partially) retaining your benefits — but there are conditions attached and you need permission from the UWV...

In assessing whether a self-employed professional is genuinely independent or is in reality a (pseudo) employee, the concept of “embedding” plays an increasingly important role: the extent to which someone has become part of...

You cannot simply dismiss a dysfunctional employee: you must first give him a realistic chance to improve his performance through an improvement process, with an improvement plan as an indispensable document....

Dogs at work can lead to less stress and more interaction, but as an employer, you are responsible for the safety and health of your employees — and possibly...