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The statutory minimum monthly gross wage has just increased from €1,653 …

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Many categories of non-resident foreign nationals remain prohibited from entering the country due to COVID-19 measures …

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Last year, the EU Directive on work-life balance (2019/1158) required employers to give 4 months’ paid parental leave within the first 6 months following the birth of a child …

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Although the social distancing rule remains generally 1 …

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All existing crisis-related economic and tax measures will now be extended until 1st October 2020 …

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The break in work routine is a good time to catch up with pulling together records and receipts for commuting costs …

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To add to the difficulties of the next few months, the so-called “social partners” of the High Council for Prevention and Protection at Work, Policy Unit of the Ministry of Work, and several invited experts have met to construct a set of generic and individual sectoral guidelines about how to return to work …

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The government’s wage subsidy scheme, also known as “NOW”, has been amended to allow for applications to be made from part of a Group company if it alone has experienced a 20% reduction in turnover, even though the Group as a whole has not …

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The High Council of the Supreme Court’s Civil Section has ruled in the case of a claim by an employee who was on long-term disability and was reassigned to a lower paid job …

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All Partners of new mothers are now entitled to 5 days’ paid birth leave (rather than the prior two-day entitlement) …

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Does your organisation plan to post workers to the Netherlands during the next few months? Online registration of posted workers from within the European Union will commence on the 1st of March 2020 …

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The monthly gross salary thresholds (excluding the mandatory 8% vacation allowance) for highly-skilled migrants (HSM) under the Foreign Nationals Employment Act Implementation Decree have just changed …

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The Dutch Senate has been debating a proposed law requiring companies to eliminate child labour in their supply chains …

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The Balanced Labour Market Act (Wet arbeidsmarkt in balans: WAB) provides for a 5% reduction in contributions to unemployment insurance contributions for every employee on an open-ended rather than fixed-term contract …

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Family members of foreign self-employed persons/entrepreneurs are now allowed to take up paid employment without having to apply for a work permit in the Netherlands …

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