Labour Law Topics



Prior to Termination of his Employment, the Employee sent Contact List to his Private Email Address

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 536

Prior to Termination of his Employment, the Employee sent Contact List to his Private Email Address

An employee who, shortly before termination of his employment, had forwarded a list of customer data to his private email address and from there to the company email address with his new employer, could not be sued for violation of the...

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Fair Compensation upon Dissolution for Long-term Incapacity?

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 535

Fair Compensation upon Dissolution for Long-term Incapacity?

The employer who had the UWV permission to terminate an employee’s employment contract because the employee had been ill for over two years, did not have to pay her a fair compensation since the employee had failed to demonstrate that the...

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Threatening the Employer, no Reason for Summary Dismissal

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 534

Threatening the Employer, no Reason for Summary Dismissal

A labour incapacitated employee who had threatened his employer could not summarily be dismissed because the threat arose from the employee's illness. An employee who worked for a wholesaler in building materials dropped out for work in May 2022....

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Pizzeria is Liable for Damage following a Road Accident, Caused by Independent Pizza Deliverer

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 533

Pizzeria is Liable for Damage following a Road Accident, Caused by Independent Pizza Deliverer

A pizzeria was liable for the damage suffered by a pizza deliverer who had bumped into a tree with the pizzeria's car. The fact that there was no employment contract between the pizzeria and the pizza deliverer was irrelevant. An 18-year-old pizza...

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Temporary Agency Employee Seeks Redress for Agency’s Outstanding Wages

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 532

Temporary Agency Employee Seeks Redress for Agency’s Outstanding Wages

A temporary agency employee tried to hold the hirer liable for payment of the outstanding remuneration the temporary employment agency had failed to pay, but only a small part of the claim was granted. In three different periods between 2014 and...

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Employer Remains Responsible for Occupational Physician’s Advice

Arbeidsrecht Actueel 531

Employer Remains Responsible for Occupational Physician’s Advice

The UWV was allowed to hold the employer responsible for the correctness of the occupational physician's conclusion of an employee's capacity, even though the employer had no reason to doubt the UWV conclusion. Yet, the wage sanction the UWV had...

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