Labour Law Topics



Employer Has to Pay a High Amount of Overtime Hours and is Liable for the Damage Resulting from Burnout

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 505

Employer Has to Pay a High Amount of Overtime Hours and is Liable for the Damage Resulting from Burnout

hours will not only still have to pay the majority of these overtime hours, but is also held liable for the damage resulting from the employee’s burnout because the employer had violated its duty of care by having the employee work far more hours...

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Competition Clause in Fixed-term Employment Contract Suspended

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 504

Competition Clause in Fixed-term Employment Contract Suspended

The Sub-district Court suspended the effect of a non-competition clause, included in a fixed-term employment contract, because the justification of the compelling business interest the employer had included in the clause to justify the agreement to...

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Termination of Employment Contract during Illness is Upheld

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 503

Termination of Employment Contract during Illness is Upheld

An employee who had agreed to her dismissal during illness and who was not entitled to a Sickness Benefit for that reason, could not nullify the agreement to terminate the employment contract because of an error. Since she was assisted by a lawyer,...

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Does a Wage Claim for Applying a Lower Salary Scale Expire after Late Submission of a Complaint about it ?

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 502

Does a Wage Claim for Applying a Lower Salary Scale Expire after Late Submission of a Complaint about it ?

An employee who complained about an incorrect job classification in the past, resulting in too low wages, had not forfeited her wage claim by not having complained about the incorrect job classification earlier. Wage claims, older than five years at...

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Employer has to Compensate the Employee for Unsafe Working Environment

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 501

Employer has to Compensate the Employee for Unsafe Working Environment

The employment contract with a female employee was dissolved by the Sub-district Court for a damaged employment relationship. In addition to the transitional allowance, the employer had to pay a fair compensation, due to the fact that the employee...

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Pulling down the Shorts and then Leaving your Colleague Mooning is not a Joke

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 500

Pulling down the Shorts and then Leaving your Colleague Mooning is not a Joke

An employee who had pulled down the shorts of a female colleague, so that she suddenly stood in her bare buttocks amidst her colleagues, was rightly summarily dismissed. Since he was 17 years old, a 41-year-old production employee had worked at a...

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