Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 452
Payroll Employee is Entitled to the Same Terms and Conditions of Employment. But in What Way?
A payroll employee was entitled to the same terms and conditions of employment as those applicable in the hirer’s company. According to the Sub-district Court, the question of whether the terms of employment were actually the same should be...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 451
Drink-driving Employee has to Compensate Damage Caused by Traffic Accident
According to the Sub-district Court, a professional driver who had a unilateral traffic accident with his car while under the influence of alcohol he has acted deliberately recklessly and, therefore, in principle had to compensate the damage the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 450
Sick Pay for Employee under Zero-Hours Contract
A female employee who worked under a zero-hours contract and who, after more than a year of service became ill, was entitled sick pay on the basis of the average number of hours worked during the preceding twelve months. On 17 February 2020, a...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 449
Employer is Allowed to Continue Using the Dismissed Employee’s Portrait for Promotional Purposes
An employee who had summarily been dismissed could not oppose the employer’s post-dismissal continued use of photos and a video showing him. The portrait rights were not infringed because the employee had given his permission for the use of the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 448
Entitlement to Wages of Employee who had to Stay at Home with a Cold
An employee who had claimed for a long time that the guidelines of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) had prevented him from going to work because he had a cold, was initially entitled to wages. Later this changed,...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 447
Employer was Allowed to Refuse an Unvaccinated Employee, who Refused to be Tested, Access to Work
A dance company was allowed to refuse access to a dancer who had not been vaccinated and who also refused to be tested. Thus, the employee was not entitled to wages either. An employee of a dance company worked there as a dancer and an artistic...