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- Dutch employment law 3 April 2017 3 min
No dismissal for employee who e-mails confidential information to himself
A Dutch employee learns that his employer wishes to terminate his employment contract by means of an amicable termination. In anticipation of this, the employee is exempted from…
- Dutch employment law 7 March 2017 3 min
Dutch criteria for dismissal for employee’s unsatisfactory performance
…case in the Netherlands, an employer applied for the dismissal of an employee for unsatisfactory performance. The employee would have been incapable of organizing and managing.…
- Dutch contract law 20 June 2016 3 min
Claims for unfair dismissal employee can mount steeply!
In a recent labour dispute, an employee is dismissed summarily. The employee goes to the court. The subdisctrict court quickly concludes that there was no lawful reason to dismiss…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 5 June 2016 2 min
Dismissal of managing directors in a Dutch limited company
The managing board in Dutch limited and public companies (“BV” and “NV”) consists of one or more managing directors. Legal entities are allowed to act as director, although their…
- Dutch employment law 21 October 2014 3 min
Dismissal director: violation of good employment practices?
An interesting employment case about the dismissal of a director. A director becomes incapacitated to work due to work-related stress. On the day that his reintegration process…
- Dutch employment law 18 September 2012 4 min
Dismissal of employee calling his boss a ‘fucking whore’ reversed by Dutch Court
…leader a ‘fucking whore’. The employee did not accept the dismissal and started up legal proceedings against his employer. In September 2012, the Court decided that the dismissal…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 9 January 2026 4 min
Nexperia: Dutch court upholds suspension of Wing’s alleged “proxy”
Shortly before Christmas, a Dutch district court rendered a decision directly related to the ongoing crisis at Nexperia. In summary proceedings, a Chinese employee sought…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 30 September 2025 4 min
Will I also be reimbursed for my reduction-of-working-time days (ADV days) if my employer goes bankrupt?
If an employer goes bankrupt, the UWV ensures that employees receive their (outstanding) wages for a certain period under the wage guarantee scheme. Disputes may arise about which…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 24 September 2019 5 min
The “WHOA” – a forced scheme of arrangements under Dutch law – is coming soon!
Last summer the Court Approval of Private Composition Bill (“Wetsvoorstel Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord”, in short WHOA,) was submitted to the Second Chamber. The WHOA envisages…
- Dutch procedural law 1 May 2019 6 min
How are substantive proceedings conducted with the Civil-Law Sector of a District Court in the Netherlands?
No legal proceedings are ever the same. Interlocutory proceedings, for example, are different than substantive proceedings, while substantive proceedings dealt with by the…