Netherlands: a draft reform of employment contract regulations is to be discussed

The draft reform of employment contract regulations, prepared by Dutch government, has been submitted for opinion to the Labour Foundation (STAR), a joint consultative body. The law firm Loyens & Loeff N.N. comments, for e-europnews, main provisions of the proposal that deal with dismissal rules, short term contract and training obligations. (Ref. 070669)
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Redundancies and dismissal proceedings. The change with the highest impact is the proposal to enable employers to dismiss employees without the prior consent of the Dutch Centre for Work and Income (CWI) or without having to go to Court provided 1/ there is a proper reason, 2/ the employers would have to pay a statutory dismissal compensation to the employee dismissed. The amount of the redundancy payment will be laid down in the law. and could be set at one month of salary for each year of se

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