Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 517
Employer May Uphold the Study Costs Clause, as it Concerned a Professional Qualifications Training
An employer was allowed to enter into a study costs agreement with an employee, obliging the employee to reimburse the study costs under certain conditions, as it did not concern a training that was needed for the employee to fulfil his duties, but...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 516
No Increase of Working Time with the Intention to Make Use of the Early Retirement Scheme
An employer did not have to honour an employee's request to increase the working hours, since the only purpose of the request was to subsequently make use of the early retirement scheme on the basis of a full-time employment. Thus, the employee...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 515
Disrupted Employment Relationship due to Infringement of the Reintegration Obligations by the Employer
An employer had to pay a high severance payment to a long-term incapacitated employee because the employer had failed to seriously, and for a long time, take its obligation to offer suitable work to the employee. For a long time, an employee had...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 514
Wage Freeze for Sick Employee who Refuses Conversation with his Employer
An employee who was incapacitated for work and who, due to a conflict with her employer, did not want to stay in contact with the employer because she claimed to be unable to do so, was not entitled to her wages. The Sub-district Court held the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 513
May an Employer Require a Sick Employee to Keep in Touch with Him?
When a sick employee refused to show-up at work in order to keep in touch with colleagues and with the employer, the employer wrongly discontinued the wage payment. The Sub-district Court criticised the employer for having ignored the occupational...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 512
Unilateral Change of Employment Contract Resulting from Covid 19 Pandemic
The desire to secure the company’s financial situation during the Covid 19 pandemic was of such overriding importance for an employer that he could waive the pay increases under the applicable CLA by relying on the unilateral amendment clause in...