Netherlands: Fake sickness absence

What happens if, by a coincidence, an employer discovers strong evidence that an employee is deliberately lying about their sickness in order to justify their absence? It has become a legal principle in the Netherlands that a Court should not ignore relevant evidence, unless it has been intentionally obtained unlawfully [Supreme Court 18th April 2014, ECLI: NL: HR: 2014: 942] …

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