Employees with a child under age 8 are entitled to 26 weeks of unpaid parental leave. In some cases, this leave may also be paid, namely when agreed upon in the employment contract or the relevant collective bargaining agreement. Employers can apply for benefits from...
Rent increases for commercial properties under scrutinyFactsTenants of commercial properties face significant rent increases. These increases are due to annual rent indexations based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) price index from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).The average annual indexation in recent years was...
Is the employee entitled to a career break?FactsAn employee of Italian descent works as a cabin attendant for an airline and is currently studying Psychology at Leiden University. She has plans to participate in an exchange program in Canada from Sept. 1, 2023, to Dec....
The new pension rulesThe cabinet, together with employee- and employer organizations, has reached a pension agreement with new agreements on pensions and state pension. Reasons for revising the pension system are changed social preferences and financial conditions. Think of the growing number of flexible employment...
Dismissal for a kissThe controversial incident will not have escaped anyone's notice: the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, kissing player Jenni Hermoso on her mouth during the awards ceremony following the recent Women's World Cup final. The kiss sparked worldwide outrage.Rubiales initially...
On Budget Day - the third Tuesday in September - the King delivers the ''Troonrede''. Due to the demissionary status of the government, the SZW ''Miljoenennota'' and Budget contain a limited number of new measures compared to the Spring Memorandum. In this article, we highlight...
