Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 478
How Far Does an Employee’s Freedom of Expression Extend?
The employment relationship between an employee and her colleagues had been disrupted as a result of the publication of a book by the employee, in which she had also described the relationship with colleagues in such a way that they could be traced...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 477
How to Calculate the Transitional Allowance for Structural Overtime
The UWV had incorrectly calculated the amount of the transitional allowance granted by assuming an agreed fixed number of hours for a truck driver who had structurally worked overtime and by calculating the amount of the overtime payment over a...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 476
Fraudulent Employee Must Pay the Employer Swingeing Compensation
Since there was evidence of intent, an employer was allowed to recover the damage from this employee that the employer's clients had suffered as a result of fraud by an employee. A company, providing property management services for third...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 475
Sick Pay to Employee with two Employment Contracts
The Sub-district Court ordered an employer to pay the employee the sick pay over the average number of hours she had worked in 2019 and 2020 -which was 16.9 hours per week- even though subsequently it was found that the employee had simultaneously...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 474
No Summary Dismissal after Outburst and Insulting Colleagues
An employer was denied approval to summarily dismiss an employee who had insulted a colleague in an outburst of anger, because he had failed to warn the employee in writing on previous similar occasions. For 15 years, a now 60-year-old employee...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 473
Unjustified Absence is Seriously Culpable Behaviour
The Sub-district Court dissolved the employment contract with an employee who made the employer's computer system give the impression that he was working, but who in fact did not or hardly worked. Since the Sub-district Court held the opinion that...