Basic course on Dutch employment law (two days) - in English

Data: 7 & 8 October 2021

Target group

Are you an HR manager or HR assistant, do you fulfill a similar role or are you considering doing that? This is the training for you. This training is also very suitable for SME entrepreneurs with staff, who perform HR tasks themselves.

Prior knowledge

No specific prior knowledge is required for this training.

Approach

In two days’ time, our experts will make you acquainted with all the relevant basic principles of Dutch employment law. The main themes such as dismissal law, collective labour agreements, illness and reintegration, holidays and the works council will be discussed. Of course there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.

Learning objective

This training will provide you with a solid basic knowledge of Dutch employment law, which you can immediately put into practice in your day to day work. You will be able to solve simple employment law issues yourself.

Topics

Day 1:

Employee versus self-employed worker (definition employment contract)
On-call workers
Collective labour agreements
Application procedure (incl. screening and medical examination)
Focus points for fixed-term employment contract
- Succession of fixed-term employment contracts
- Duty of notification
Special conditions in the employment contract
- Trial period
- Pension dismissal clause
- Non-competition clause / Non-sollicitation clause
- Penalty clause
Working hours and breaks
Public holidays
Wage (payment, minimum wage and setoff)
Basic principles of payroll taxes and reimbursement of expenses
Liability of employer and employee for damages
Holiday (build-up, take-up and lapse)
Statutory forms of leave (pregnancy and maternity leave, parental leave, care leave etc.)

Day 2:

Incapacity for work (illness and reintegration)
Dismissal
- Termination via UWV
- Termination by subdistrict court
- Summary dismissal
- Prohibitions of termination
- Reassignment
- Transition payment and fair compensation
Works council
Employee insurance schemes (unemployment, incapacity for work, old age pension)

Praktische info

Duration

Two days

Nirpa certificate

165 PE-points

Course location

• Teteringsedijk 184, 4817 ML, Breda (Netherlands).
• If the developments surrounding COVID-19 give cause to do so, we will have all the necessary facilities to organize the course online.

Course times and rates

• The course will start at 9.30 am and end around 4 pm.
• Are you not an SD Worx customer? Then the course rate will amount € 1,490 per person (excluding VAT). Are you a customer of SD Worx? Then you will receive a discount and we will charge € 1,390 per person (excluding VAT).
• You will receive a confirmation of your registration and an invoice after your registration.