{"id":15,"date":"2022-03-01T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T10:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-06-05T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:41:13","slug":"arbeidsrecht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column]\n<div class=\"hero has-image\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"hero-content col-12 col-lg-5\">\n        \n        <\/p>\n<h1>We work with you, hand in hand. We aren&#8217;t just lawyers, we&#8217;re also business partners<\/h1>\n<p>\n      \n                  <a class=\"btn btn-light\" href=\"#onze-expertises\" target=\"\">\n            Our expertise <i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n          <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"col col-lg-7 hero-image-wrap\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1338\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/arbeidsrecht-hero-1338x892.avif\" class=\"hero-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/arbeidsrecht-hero-1338x892.avif 1338w, https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/arbeidsrecht-hero-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/arbeidsrecht-hero-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/arbeidsrecht-hero-670x447.avif 670w, https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/arbeidsrecht-hero.avif 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1338px) 100vw, 1338px\" \/>        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">We\u2019re a team of employment lawyers. Our practice spans a broad range of clients and industries. Our clients include employers, directors, supervisory boards and boards of directors, works councils, and employees. We operate in business and financial services, hospitality, retail, IT, logistics, healthcare, education, childcare, the cultural sectors, and many more.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-4&#8243;]\n<div class=\"references\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/chambers-la-cropped.svg\" alt=\"\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/legal-500.svg\" alt=\"\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/mfn-1.svg\" alt=\"\">\n  <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;onze-expertises&#8221;][vc_column]\n<div class=\"expertises-wrap\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n        <div class=\"h2\">L&amp;A Advocaten specialises in employment law and mediation<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"expertises accordion\" id=\"acc69f5fafc57072\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n              \n        <div class=\"col-lg\">            \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"employment-contracts\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#employment-contracts-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"employment-contracts\">\n              <span>Employment contracts<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"employment-contracts-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>An employment contract is a contract that outlines an employee's commitment to carry out work for the employer in return for a salary. That means the employee is under the authority of the employer.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/employment-contracts\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"occupational-disability\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#occupational-disability-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"occupational-disability\">\n              <span>Occupational disability<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"occupational-disability-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>Incapacity for work can have a significant impact on both the employee and the employer.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/occupational-disability\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"flexible-work\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#flexible-work-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"flexible-work\">\n              <span>Flexible work<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"flexible-work-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>Flexible work is what we call it when an employer uses a 'flexible shell' to replace or supplement their own permanent employees.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/flexible-work\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"integrity\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#integrity-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"integrity\">\n              <span>Integrity<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"integrity-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>Dismissal or termination of employment can have a variety of causes and can be done in different ways.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/integrity\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"dismissals\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#dismissals-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"dismissals\">\n              <span>Dismissals<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"dismissals-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>Dismissal or termination of employment can have a variety of causes and can be done in different ways.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/dismissals\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"business-transition\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#business-transition-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"business-transition\">\n              <span>Business transition<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"business-transition-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>When it comes to sales, mergers, or demergers, there are legal regulations around the transfer of a company. These regulations are designed to protect employee rights as the business transitions.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/business-transition\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"pension-law\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#pension-law-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"pension-law\">\n              <span>Pension law<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"pension-law-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/pension-law\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n        <\/div><div class=\"col-lg\">            \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"hr-policy\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#hr-policy-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"hr-policy\">\n              <span>HR-policy<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"hr-policy-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>Employers can flesh out the working relationships with their employees in HR policies.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/hr-policy\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"privacy\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#privacy-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"privacy\">\n              <span>Privacy<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"privacy-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>Privacy issues are common in the workplace. That includes things like employee privacy in the application process, dismissal proceedings, sickness or incapacity for work, or employer monitoring through camera surveillance, for example.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/privacy\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"reorganisations\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#reorganisations-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"reorganisations\">\n              <span>Reorganisations<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"reorganisations-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>Reorganisations come in different shapes and sizes. It may be due to a poor (or worsening) financial situation, work cuts, organisational changes, a company move, or a company closure. <\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/reorganisations\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"legal-director\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#legal-director-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"legal-director\">\n              <span>Legal director<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"legal-director-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>The legal director holds a unique position thanks to their dual legal relationship, usually from a corporate law and an employment law perspective. The legal director is appointed by the general meeting of shareholders (or in some cases the supervisory board) by resolution. The legal director must accept that appointment.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/legal-director\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                      \n                    \n\n        <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-header h4\" id=\"litigation\">\n            <button\n              class=\"expertise-toggle collapsed\"\n              type=\"button\"\n              data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n              data-bs-target=\"#litigation-content\"\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              aria-controls=\"litigation\">\n              <span>Litigation<\/span>\n              <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"litigation-content\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#acc69f5fafc57072\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                              <p>L&amp;A Advocaten has extensive litigation experience. We frequently litigate on employment contract termination, summary dismissals, and non-competition clauses. We also have extensive experience in cases involving transgressive behaviour: both on the employer and the employee side in complaint proceedings, and when cases go to court.<\/p>\n              \n              <a class=\"btn btn-link mt-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/arbeidsrecht\/litigation\/\">\n                Read more&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-3 vc_col-lg-6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"chapeau\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Cli\u00ebnten<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Wij zijn trots op onze cli\u00ebnten<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cDe keuze voor de L&amp;A Advocaten heeft ERIKS al diverse jaren geleden gemaakt. Het is niettemin nog steeds een overtuigde keuze. Op arbeidsrechtelijk vlak hebben we behoefte aan een partner die onze business begrijpt en ons daarin passend ondersteund. Die ons zowel praktisch werk uit handen kan nemen, als diepgang kan bieden wanneer dit nodig is. Door de oplossing te bieden die nodig is. Vlot en toepasbaar, zonder in juridische colleges te verzanden. Om de breedte van de samenwerking concreet te duiden: van actualisering van onze arbeidsovereenkomst tot volledig casemanagement in cassaties. De samenstelling van het team is dusdanig dat we elke behoefte tegen re\u00eble kosten kunnen laten invullen. Essentieel voor ons daarbij is, dat het business partnership bij alle L&amp;A medewerkers verankerd is. Hiermee onderscheiden zij zich voor ons van andere kantoren. We zetten de succesvolle samenwerking dan ook graag verder voort\u201d.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\"><cite>Eriks B.V.<\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; vc_row_bg=&#8221;orange&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"chapeau\">Contact<\/div>\n<h3>Get in touch to schedule an appointment<\/h3>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]\n<a class=\"btn d-inline-flex btn-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lenaadvocaten.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"\">\n  Get in touch <i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n<\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] We\u2019re a team of employment lawyers. 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