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The statutory duty to complain requires you to complain about a defect “within a reasonable time,” but what exactly that entails remains vague and often leads to dispute. By including in your contract or...

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has made the data breach notification form more user-friendly — including intermediate saving and follow-up questions based on previous answers — but correctly reporting a...

For dismissal due to culpable conduct (ground e), dismissal does not have to be the last resort: even if a less severe measure was possible, the employer can terminate the employment contract. It is required...

The Netherlands does not have a fixed statutory payment term: parties agree on this themselves. If nothing has been agreed, 30 days applies. Between companies, a term longer than 30 days is only permitted with...

A temporary increase in hours on top of a permanent contract can, under certain circumstances, count as a separate (temporary) employment contract that counts towards the chain rule — with the risk of permanent employment. The...

Reviews may be anonymous, but fake reviews may not. Anyone who damages a company with fake reviews can be held liable — but for that to happen, the anonymity must first be broken. The Amsterdam District Court mandated...

Since June 7, 2021, new copyright rules apply in the Netherlands due to the transposition of the European DSM Directive. The main consequences: a new exception for text and data mining, better protection and a...

An employer may record absence, but not data regarding the nature or cause of the illness — he may not even ask about that. That is special (health) personal data, which only...

A financing clause is only effective if you invoke it exactly according to the agreed formalities — often a written notification to both the seller and the notary, with proof of rejections. If you fail to do so,...

Since the introduction of the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions (effective from 1 August 2022 in Dutch law), you may no longer use a study cost clause for mandatory training courses necessary for the position:...