Courts take the lead on flexible work contracts
The courts are more likely to find in favour of temporary workers who go to court because of a legal conflict over their contract than their employers, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday. Social mood The courts are aware of the trend, labour law professor Evert Verhulp told the paper. ‘That is more important than the legal construction.’ Meanwhile, the government’s plans to make it easier for companies to sack staff will not have the desired effect, experts have told the Financieele Dagblad. The new law is due to come into effect in mid-2015 and aims to ensure that the difference in the way permanent and temporary staff are treated becomes more blurred and to limit redundancy packages to €75,000 or one year’s salary. However, labour law expert Rogier Duk told the FD employers will have to continue to build up a file of evidence and offer their employee help to improve their performance before opting for redundancy.
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