Current affairs

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.

We are receiving a lot of questions about the position of employers in connection with coronavirus. We have therefore compiled a number of points to consider and useful sources of information. Below we also provide answers to frequently asked questions.

Dutch government will postpone the cuts to the 30% reimbursement ruling (the ‘30% ruling’) for two years. In other words: those employees receiving the tax benefit and who would have lost it in 2019, will continue to receive it until 2021, when the duration of the benefit will be cut from eight to five years.

An employer has a duty of care and to inform about pension benefits. On March 27, 2017, the Amsterdam court addresses the scope of this duty of care. This duty does not include an obligation for the employer to actively inform employees about individual consequences of their pension choices.

https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2017:2068

On 21 April 2016 the Dutch Data Protection Authority published new “Policy Rules for the processing of personal data on the health of sick employees”.

Statutory 14-day reflection period regarding the termination agreement commences on the date of signature by the employee.