Labour Law Topics



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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Summary Dismissal for  Violation of the Confidentiality Clause

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 499

Summary Dismissal for Violation of the Confidentiality Clause

An employee was dismissed by his employer because he allegedly violated the confidentiality obligation in his employment contract by making statements in a dismissal procedure between the employer and a colleague. The Court of Appeal, however, said...

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Summary Dismissal for  Working at Another Employer during Illness

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 498

Summary Dismissal for Working at Another Employer during Illness

An investigation agency, commissioned by the employer, had found that an employee who was incapacitated for work had been working elsewhere during his illness. When confronted with this observation, the employee initially lied. The summary...

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After Transfer of Undertaking the Employee Retains Entitlement to the Agreed Salary, even if it is Higher than the CLA Permits

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 497

After Transfer of Undertaking the Employee Retains Entitlement to the Agreed Salary, even if it is Higher than the CLA Permits

Since an employee's salary was higher than permitted under a CLA that became applicable after the transfer of an undertaking, it had been agreed with the employee that the excess part of the wages would be regarded as a personal supplement and that...

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No Long-Service Bonus for Employee due to Interruption of the Employment

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 496

No Long-Service Bonus for Employee due to Interruption of the Employment

An employee, who would have worked for his employer for 40 years in 2024, was not entitled to the long-service bonus he would have received on that occasion under the CLA, because his employment had been interrupted by seven years in which he had...

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