Labour Law Topics
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 520
Alcohol Dependent Employee has to Meet the Reintegration Obligations as well.
Despite the fact that alcohol addiction was the reason for the employee's failure to comply with his reintegration obligations, the Sub-district Court terminated the employment contract of the employee who had failed to perform suitable work and to...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 519
Summary Dismissal for Working Elsewhere during Labour Incapacity
An employee who was incapacitated due to a restricted ability to walk and who, according to the occupational physician, could only walk with crutches, was found to be working for another employer without using his crutches. The summary dismissal the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 518
Excess Holidays May not be Offset against Wages
An employer was not allowed to deduct an amount for the excess number of taken annual holidays in the final settlement of the employment contract. By allowing the employee to take far more holidays than she was entitled to, the employer took the...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 517
Employer May Uphold the Study Costs Clause, as it Concerned a Professional Qualifications Training
An employer was allowed to enter into a study costs agreement with an employee, obliging the employee to reimburse the study costs under certain conditions, as it did not concern a training that was needed for the employee to fulfil his duties, but...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 516
No Increase of Working Time with the Intention to Make Use of the Early Retirement Scheme
An employer did not have to honour an employee's request to increase the working hours, since the only purpose of the request was to subsequently make use of the early retirement scheme on the basis of a full-time employment. Thus, the employee...
Arbeidsrecht Actueel 515
Disrupted Employment Relationship due to Infringement of the Reintegration Obligations by the Employer
An employer had to pay a high severance payment to a long-term incapacitated employee because the employer had failed to seriously, and for a long time, take its obligation to offer suitable work to the employee. For a long time, an employee had...