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Do you work in a position in which you regularly have to deal with Dutch employment law and would you benefit from getting a better understanding of the fundamentals of Dutch law? Are you faced with questions such as: how many employment contracts can we offer an employee? How to manage a sick or underperforming employee? What are the settlement options and rules regarding severance payments?

Rewatch our webinar Dutch Employment law aspects of working from home.

This is update no. 9 on the coronavirus. Information is provided below on the extension and amendment of the Employment Bridging Emergency Fund (Dutch: NOW). On 20 May, Minister Koolmees (Social Affairs and Employment (SZW)) announced an NOW 2.0. Those measures follow the first emergency fund (17 March 2020).

This is update number 8 about the corona virus. Please find below information on the announcement from minister Koolmees about the cancellation of the dismissal reduction in the second support package and the (revised) view of the Dutch Data Protection Agency (Dutch DPA) regarding measuring the temperature of employees.

This is update number 7 of our ongoing Q&A about Corona. Please find below some information about the addendum published by the UWV to the Gatekeeper Improvement Act (Wet Verbetering Poortwachter) in connection with corona virus, the tool for calculating the amount of the allowance based on the NOW scheme and recent changes to the NOW scheme. NOW is the abbreviation in Dutch for the Emergency Bridging Measure for the Preservation of Jobs.

Hereby update nr 6 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 5 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 4 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 3 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 2 of our Q&A Coronavirus.