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No, as an employer, you are not required to provide a fixed, pre-scheduled toilet break. What is mandatory, however, is that you must offer employees sufficient opportunity to go to the toilet when...

Covert camera surveillance of employees is prohibited in principle in the Netherlands, but is permitted in exceptional situations – namely when there is a concrete suspicion of theft or fraud and less...

An arbitration clause stipulates that a dispute will not be settled by an ordinary (government) court, but by one or more independent arbitrators. For entrepreneurs, this can be attractive if you want to resolve disputes quickly...

Always clearly state the price including VAT to consumers as a single total amount. A sales price to consumers must be displayed including VAT and all unavoidable additional costs. If you do not do that,...

A debt forgiveness agreement has tax implications that should not be underestimated. If you forgive a business claim, you can write it off as a loss and the debtor does not have to pay tax on the so-called...

A non-compete clause in a fixed-term employment contract is in principle not permitted and is therefore void. The law (Article 7:653 paragraph 2 of the Dutch Civil Code) makes only one exception: the clause is...

Yes, in principle, the seller is allowed to start their own business or work for a competitor after the acquisition – entrepreneurship is free – but that freedom is not unlimited....

As a rule, the management of a Facebook page created for a company rests with the employer and not with the employee who set up the page. Also...

You may only transfer personal data to a third party if that third party demonstrates a legitimate interest, there is no less intrusive way to obtain the data, and a balancing of interests in...

Since 2020, the transition payment is calculated using a fixed formula: your employee accrues entitlement from the first working day, and for each full year of service, you calculate 1/3 of the gross monthly salary; remaining months...