Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 529
Discontinuation of On-call employee Calls Rather Costly
After an employment dispute with an on-call employee a company decided to discontinue calling-upon the on-call employee. This decision turned out to be very costly for the employer: the on-call employee did not leave it at that, and successfully...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 528
Company has to Pay the Employee, despite Uncertainty about the Employing Company
On the basis of the fact that a company was the client of the company that was said to be the employing company, the former company may be obliged to pay the wages that were not paid by the latter company. In December 2021, a female employee...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 527
Is an Employee Required to Take Leave if He Goes on Holiday during Illness?
An employee who was incapacitated for work and who, according to the occupational physician, was fully unavailable for work, did not have to take-up his leave days when he went on holiday for a longer period during his illness, since he had already...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 526
The Self-Insured Employer Could Reduce Former Employee’s WGA- Benefit for Non-Cooperation with the Reintegration
An employer who was a self-insurer for the WGA had rightly decided to reduce an employee's WGA benefit by 25% for four months, since the employee refused to remain in contact with an employee of the insurance company by which the progress of the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 525
Due to Failure to Take out a WIA Excess Insurance, the Employer is Liable for the Damage
An employer who could not provide the Court with sufficient information to enable it to assess whether an incapacitated employee was entitled to the benefits under a WIA Supplementary Incapacity Insurance policy, was ordered to pay the employee...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 524
Entitlement to Wages for an Employee who, for Private Reasons, is not Able to Work and who Reports Sick
An employee who was not entitled to wages because she could not perform the agreed work due to a cause that was attributable to her sphere of risk, was not entitled to wages either when she subsequently reported sick. An employee worked at a hair...