Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Netherlands as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Netherlands: Fines for illegal employment of foreign students
In the past year, the Social Affairs Inspectorate of the Netherlands carried out inspections on 168 employers who employ foreign students …
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Netherlands: Measuring up to environmental objectives
Central to the European Union’s 2020 strategy is a move towards a more resource-efficient, low-carbon economy …
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Netherlands: Short-time working for companies affected by Russian boycott
The possibility of subsidised short-time working has been introduced in the Netherlands in order to lessen the impact of the Russian boycott of EU goods on businesses …
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Netherlands: More young people having accidents at work
In 2013, 458,000 employees in the Netherlands sustained physical or mental damage due to an occupational accident …
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Netherlands: Simplification of employee benefits system
The Finance Minister of the Netherlands, Eric Wiebe, has proposed a number of measures to simplify the system of employee benefit taxation …
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Netherlands: National minimum wage increase
The statutory national minimum wage is due to increase in the Netherlands on July 1st 2014 …
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Netherlands: Labour market reform approved
On June 10th the Dutch Senate approved the draft Work and Security Act by a large majority …
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Netherlands: Legal proceedings may be initiated online
Dutch citizens are now able to initiate legal proceedings using an online magistrate — the eKantonrechter …
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Netherlands: Cut in tax for middle incomes
Income tax is set to decrease in the Netherlands for incomes of between 40,000 and 110,000 euros …
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Netherlands: Large companies to be accountable for executive salaries
The Dutch Cabinet has agreed to a proposal that would require companies with more than 50 employees to declare the difference in pay rates between top executives and ordinary workers to the Works Council for assessment …
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Netherlands: Revisions to the Merger Code
The Dutch Social and Economic Council has announced its plans to revise the Dutch Merger Code — the code that lays down rules to protect the rights of employees involved in mergers and acquisitions …
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Netherlands: Companies in breach of rules to be publicly named
The Social Affairs Inspectorate in the Netherlands is planning on making the inspection data of individual companies increasingly more public …
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Netherlands: Transitional payments for dismissals to be introduced
Under proposed changes to the law on dismissals in the Netherlands, from July 1st 2015 employees who have worked for more than two years and whose contracts are due to end will be entitled to a “transitional payment” …
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Netherlands: Changes to temporary contracts
Subject to approval by the Senate, important changes to Dutch labour law are due to come into effect on July 1st 2014, as part of the Work and Security Act …
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Netherlands: State pension age increases
The state pension age in the Netherlands increased by one month on January 1st 2014, meaning workers are now entitled to receive their statutory pension from the age of 65 years and 2 months …
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