Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 561
Compulsory Affiliation with the Industry-wide Pension Fund on the Basis of the Literal Reading of the Text
A wholesale company in promotional items and business gifts fell under the requirements for participation in the pension fund for the Fashion, Interior, Carpet, and Textile industries because it also sold and had textile items printed. The fact that...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 560
Audit Firm Liable for Damages Caused by an Error in the Payroll Administration
An audit firm that carried out a client’s payroll administration had failed to inform the employer that the employer’s obligation to pay a certain allowance under the CLA had expired. When the employer, who had just continued the allowance...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 559
Employee Incorrectly Requested the Sub-district Court to Order the Self-insured Employer to Pay the Sickness Benefit
An employer and an employee had a dispute about whether the employee was ill when her employment contract was terminated. This was the reason why the employer, who was a self-insurer, did not pay the Sickness Benefit. The employee wanted the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 558
Summary Dismissal for Working for a Third Party
An employee was rightfully summarily dismissed for concealing a second employment relationship, for not being open about it when asked for it, and for performing work in this second employment relationship after having reported sick. Since 1990, an...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 557
No Dissolution of the Employment Contract of an Employee who had Deliberately Untruthfully Reported Sick
The employment contract of an employee who had untruthfully reported sick in order to able to attend a wedding could not be terminated. The prohibition on termination during illness precluded it, because the employee was ill when the termination...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 556
Summary Dismissal for Untruthful Notification when Reporting Sick
An employee who had untruthfully reported sick was rightly summarily dismissed by her employer. An employee worked as an educator at a childcare institution in Hengelo. On January 6, 2014, the employee reported sick via a WhatsApp message, in...