Netherlands: record compensation for an employee suffering from overwork

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A Dutch tribunal ordered, on July 19, 2007, the highest compensation ever paid in the Netherlands for overwork, with a total amount of 237.000 euros net. The beneficiary is a 46-year old employee, former consultant for the insurance company Nieuwe Hollandse Lloyd (Ref. 070653)
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The industrial illnesses offices (Bureau Beroepsziekten, BBZ) from the Federation of Dutch Unions (FNV) supported this consultant by suing the employer.

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