Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 509
Employer also must Pay Wages for the Time on which an Employee had to be Present before the Start of his Work
An employer also had to pay wages for the ten minutes per day on which the employee had to be present before the start of his work, even though this employee did not or only partially work during these minutes, since this time should be treated as...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 508
Fair Compensation for Failure to Extend the Employment Contract due to Pregnancy
An employer who had failed to extend the employment contract of a pregnant employee on the grounds of childbirth and care to her child, had to pay the employee a fair compensation for having discriminated between men and women . An employer had...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 507
Dissolution of Employment Contract due to Default of already Summarily Dismissed Employee
An employee was summarily dismissed. In violation of the prohibition to carry out ancillary activities, he not only had a second full-time employment contract but two additional employment contracts as well. The Sub-district Court retroactively...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 506
Demotion as a Sanction
By way of sanction, an employer had demoted an employee to a lower position. In the absence of an overriding business interest that would justify the unilateral change of the employment contract, however, the Sub-district Court ordered the...
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...
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...