Status update (June – October 2016) Our lawyers give courses in employment and privacy law and attend events in and outside the Netherlands. 13-15 October 2016: our partner Martine Hoogendoorn and associates Rachid Aolad-Si M’hammad and Nicky de Groot attended a congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) in Lille, France. Nicky, as part of an international panel, gave a presentation with respect to the implementation of flexible working Meer lezen

Dutch House for Whistleblowers Act (in Dutch: “Wet Huis voor Klokkenluiders”): mandatory internal procedure and new prejudice prohibition as of 1 July 2016 The Dutch House for Whistleblowers Act (HfW) will enter into force as of 1 July 2016. The purpose of the act is to improve the conditions for whistleblowers within organizations by making research possible and providing better protection of the whistleblowers. Click on the below link for our newsletter Meer lezen

Status update Our lawyers give courses in employment and privacy law and attend events in and outside the Netherlands. 21 January 2016: our partner Wietje de Muinck Keizer gave a training on Dutch employment law at JSB Training and Development in London, the United Kingdom. February – March 2016: our partner Wietje de Muinck Keizer and senior associate Matthijs Roest Crollius contributed to the handbook “International Labor & Employment Laws”, an Meer lezen

FAQ's - Declaration of Independent Contractor Status (VAR) will cease to exist in 2016 The "VAR" will cease to exist. Click on the below link for answers to frequently asked questions relating to this subject: Newsletter - Declaration of Independent Contractor Status will cease to exist in 2016 If you wish to examine whether your current agreement for the provision of services is WDBA-proof, you can contact Martine Hoogendoorn (m.hoogendoorn@denklaw.nl) and Chris Meer lezen

Update new legislation – The changes as of 1 January 2016 Table of content Labour Market Fraud Act Working Beyond State Pension Age Act Act on Flexible Work Unemployment Insurance Act Daily wage Transitional payment State Pension Age Act Highly skilled migrants Privacy  Labour Market Fraud Act As of 1 July 2015, the Labour Market Fraud Act (in Dutch: “Wet Aanpak Schijnconstructies”) was introduced and certain parts thereof will enter into Meer lezen

Status update Our employment lawyers give courses in employment law and attend events in and outside the Netherlands. 1-5 September 2015: our partner Martine Hoogendoorn and senior associate Rachid Aolad-Si M’hammad attended the Annual Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) in London, the United Kingdom. 3 September 2015: our senior associate Matthijs Roest Crollius was invited by Taxand (tax specialists) as a guest speaker to give a webinar Meer lezen

The increasing role of social media in labour law: before, during and after the employment agreement   The role of social media with respect to working relationships is ever-increasing. This raises various questions relative to the phase in which social media is used: job application (1), employment (2) or after termination of the employment (3). Below we review a few points of particular interest and we present a few pointers for Meer lezen

The wage criterion for a residence permit as highly skilled migrant is indexed per 1st January 2014. The wage criterion is set per month as from 1st January 2014, formerly this was per year. Additional the wage should be transferred to the bank account on the name of the highly skilled migrant.    Highly skilled migrant older than 30 years            € 4,371.84 including holiday allowance Highly skilled migrant younger than Meer lezen

As of 1 January 2014, the Employment Law Team of VMW Taxand will continue its activities as the new lawfirm Doorn en Keizer Employment Lawyers. We are a lawfirm specialised in employment law with an international focus.