Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 573
Unilateral Staff Transfer
An employer was allowed to unilaterally transfer a number of employees to another location, due to the seriously disrupted working relationship between the employees on the one hand and their managers and the employer on the other. One of the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 572
Sick Employee Dismissed during Probationary Period
The dismissal of a sick employee during his probationary period was not invalid because there was no chronic illness or disability. On April 30, 2024, an employee started working for an employer in the position of a cleaner. The employment...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 571
Employer is Liable for Damage Resulting from Employee’s Psychological Complaints
An employer was held liable for the damage suffered by an employee due to absenteeism for psychological complaints as a result of an incident at work, as the employer had no policy to prevent the incident and as the employer had failed to provide...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 570
Employee has no Right of Access to Employment Dispute-related Case-file
Based on the GDPR, an employee had asked her employer to give her access to all personal data the employer had processed about her. The employer, however, had rightly refused to provide access to the records of the employer’s discussion with his...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 569
Employment Contract not Dissolved in Spite of Failure to Cooperate in Reintegration
The Sub-district Court could not dissolve the employment contract of an incapacitated employee who did not cooperate in his reintegration, since the failure to cooperate was a result of his illness. An employee had been employed by a building...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 568
Three Notices in Advance that the Fixed Term Employment Contract Will not be Extended Does not Work
An employer could not beforehand validly indicate in the employment contract, that the employment contract would not be extended after the agreed term had expired, after he had indicated so twice before, but had extended the employment contract...