Labour Law Topics
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...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 495
Employee has to Repay the Costs for Occupational Health Training to the Employer
Under the agreement between the parties, an occupational health and safety service that had paid the costs of the occupational health training for an employee was entitled to reclaim these costs from the employee when the employee left the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 494
Legal Presumption of the Scope of the Employment Contract was Restricted after the Offer for a Fixed Number of Working Hours was Rejected
An employee who had twice rejected an offer for a fixed number of working hours could not retroactively claim wage payment for the period in which he had rejected the offer for a fixed number of working hours by invoking on the legal presumption on...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 493
Employee has to Repay the Training Costs, Borne by the Employer, upon Termination of the Employment
Since the training had not been necessary for the employee's job performance, an employee who had terminated his employment contract had to repay the study costs borne by the employer, as agreed with the employer in advance. On 1 January 2021,...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 492
Employer Liable for Damage Arising from “Long Covid”
An employer had to compensate a nurse for damage suffered by her as a result of a Covid-19 infection, contracted while at work, because the employer had failed to fulfilled its duty of care for safe working conditions. In April 2020, a nurse...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 491
Payment of Holidays during Third Year of Illness
Under European jurisprudence, holidays shall be paid out according to the wage the employee would have received if he/she would have normally worked. The fact that the employee would not have received any wages if he would not have taken the...