Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 523
Error on Entering into Employment Contract due to Withholding Information about a Disease ?
The employer could not terminate the employment contract of an employee who had withheld the fact that she had a disease, when she applied for a job, because the employer had not demonstrated that the employee knew that she would not be able to...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 522
Entitlement to Bonus during Illness
An employee who had been ill during part of a calendar year was entitled to a bonus for the full calendar year, in accordance with the bonus scheme agreed with the employer. In order to determine the amount of the bonus, the Sub-district Court...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 521
Dismissal of Frequently Absent Employee for a Combination of Culpable Behaviour and a Disrupted Employment Relationship
Even though the legal conditions for dissolution of the employment contract for culpable behaviour or for a disrupted employment relationship were not met, the Sub-district Court dissolved the employment contract for a combination of both...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 520
Alcohol Dependent Employee has to Meet the Reintegration Obligations as well.
Despite the fact that alcohol addiction was the reason for the employee's failure to comply with his reintegration obligations, the Sub-district Court terminated the employment contract of the employee who had failed to perform suitable work and to...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 519
Summary Dismissal for Working Elsewhere during Labour Incapacity
An employee who was incapacitated due to a restricted ability to walk and who, according to the occupational physician, could only walk with crutches, was found to be working for another employer without using his crutches. The summary dismissal the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 518
Excess Holidays May not be Offset against Wages
An employer was not allowed to deduct an amount for the excess number of taken annual holidays in the final settlement of the employment contract. By allowing the employee to take far more holidays than she was entitled to, the employer took the...