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Food delivery drivers can demand an employment contract: be careful with freelance agreements
Employment Matters
8 March 2021
The Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled in the case between Deliveroo and FNV that food delivery drivers actually work on the basis of an employment contract. It is not the parties' written intention that counts, but the actual...
Amsterdam Court of Appeal underscores importance of definitions in agreements
Legal Affairs
March 4, 2021
Concepts in an agreement must be clearly defined, otherwise disputes quickly arise. After all, a judge does not interpret a contract purely linguistically, but according to the Haviltex standard: what were the parties entitled to...
Start thinking about the termination of the agreement
Legal Affairs
March 2, 2021
An agreement can end in various ways: by performance, by termination or cancellation pursuant to the contract, via a termination agreement by mutual consent, by dissolution for non-performance, or by...
What is the PSD2 directive and what can I do with it?
Entrepreneurship
March 1, 2021
PSD2 is the revised European Payment Services Directive, in force in the Netherlands since early 2019. The biggest change: banks must — with the explicit consent of the customer and only to...
Private Agreement Homologation Act and the consequences for creditors
Financial
February 25, 2021
The Private Agreement Homologation Act (WHOA) has been in effect since January 1, 2021, and makes it possible for a company in financial difficulties to reach an agreement with (part of) its creditors....
What is a construction team agreement and why do you need it?
Contracts
February 23, 2021
A construction team agreement formalizes the collaboration between the parties designing a construction project together — usually the client, the architect, and the contractor. By involving the contractor as early as the design phase, the following benefits...
Municipality must pay compensation after a data breach
Privacy
February 22, 2021
A data breach can result in not only a fine from the Dutch Data Protection Authority for an organization, but also compensation for the injured party. In the event of a privacy violation, a data subject may suffer non-material damage (such as...
Discussion regarding continued payment of wages for an employee who tampered with gunpowder
Employment Matters
18 February 2021
An employer may only stop paying wages to a sick employee on grounds of intent if the employee intentionally desired the incapacity for work — not if he merely did something dangerous. Moreover...
These companies violated the rules, after which the ACM intervened
Legal Affairs
16 February 2021
The Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) supervises consumer law. Usually, a company first receives a warning and the opportunity to make adjustments, but in the case of serious or...
The GGD data leak once again proves the importance of good security
Privacy
February 15, 2021
A major data leak in the GGD coronavirus systems, in which employees traded personal data such as BSNs and addresses, showed how important proper security of personal data is — and how strict the Authority...