Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 526
The Self-Insured Employer Could Reduce Former Employee’s WGA- Benefit for Non-Cooperation with the Reintegration
An employer who was a self-insurer for the WGA had rightly decided to reduce an employee's WGA benefit by 25% for four months, since the employee refused to remain in contact with an employee of the insurance company by which the progress of the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 525
Due to Failure to Take out a WIA Excess Insurance, the Employer is Liable for the Damage
An employer who could not provide the Court with sufficient information to enable it to assess whether an incapacitated employee was entitled to the benefits under a WIA Supplementary Incapacity Insurance policy, was ordered to pay the employee...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 524
Entitlement to Wages for an Employee who, for Private Reasons, is not Able to Work and who Reports Sick
An employee who was not entitled to wages because she could not perform the agreed work due to a cause that was attributable to her sphere of risk, was not entitled to wages either when she subsequently reported sick. An employee worked at a hair...
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...