On 2 June 2021, the Dutch Social Economic Council (SEC) presented its ‘Advice on the Labor Market’ (the Advice). In the Advice, the SEC addresses the request posed by the Dutch government to offer an updated review on the future of work (i.e., labor market 2021-2025) and recommends changes to current employment
On 9 December 2020, the Dutch government announced that the Third Emergency Bridge Measure for Conservation of Work (Derde Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voor Werkbehoud) (the NOW 3), which consists of three phases between October 2020 and June 2021, will not be augmented for the second phase. NOW 3 is a scheme that
This GT Alert provides an update on employment and pension law in the Netherlands for 2019. Topics covered include diversity in boards of larger companies; the Balanced Labour Market Act (Wab), effective 1 January 2020; amendments to restructuring rules applied by the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV), effective 1 October 2019; Dutch pension system reforms; and