If the ending of the employment contract is due to gross misconduct from the employer, a judge may order the employer to pay a ‘fair compensation’.

In the Netherlands employer organisations and employee organisations may negotiate and conclude a collective labour agreement (in Dutch: cao) in their branch. These agreements contain employment…

According to Dutch law, an employee is sick if they cannot perform their work fully, meaning that if there is only a small part of the work they cannot do, they are sick. For example, an employee who…

Dutch law makes a distinction between statutory and non-statutory holidays. Statutory holidays are the minimum number of holidays the employee is owed based on the law. Non-statutory holidays are the…

If an employee loses their job, they may be entitled to unemployment benefits (WW-uitkering). The employee can apply for unemployment benefits at UWV. UWV will verify whether the (ex-)employee meets…