In the Netherlands, a fixed-term employment contract can be agreed a maximum of three times in a three-year period. After that, the employment contract is indefinite. Before the end of each fixed-term employment contract, the employer must notify the employee whether the employment contract will be extended, and if so, under what conditions.

Dutch Supreme Court upholds Appeal Court’s ruling that producer of soja based meat substitute products falls within scope rules of the mandatory pension fund for convenience products, because their meat replacing products qualify as hamburgers, meat balls or ‘frikandellen’.

On 4 March 2024, the Dutch (outgoing) cabinet presented a bill to tighten the rules around non-compete clauses in employment contracts.

During 2023 the Dutch Supreme Court issued three principal rulings on vacation law. This article provides an overview of the highlights.

A labour market reform was announced in 2022. A major part of it would be worked out in 2023. 2023 was therefore a year eagerly awaited. On 7 July 2023, Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s cabinet fell. With that, these plans were in jeopardy and Dutch citizens had to go to the polls for national elections. At the time of writing this article, no government has yet been formed, so it is not yet clear what will happen to the reform…

The Dutch regulations that govern non-compete clauses are employer friendly. There are no conditions for validity, other than that the clause must be completed in writing with an employee of age.

To ensure an uniform application, the CSRD requires companies to follow the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Where the CSRD prescribes the who, what, where and when of reporting, the ESRS prescribes in detail how to report. In this blog, we take a closer look at the ESRS and their systematics.

By judgment of 15 August 2023 in PI proceedings brought by Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Court of Appeal of The Hague prohibited Sandoz, Stada and Teva from marketing generic apixaban.

Against the background of ‘greenwashing’, the European Commission has introduced a system of ESG ratings. These ratings should provide an objective assessment of the exposure of a company or financial product to ESG factors, and their impact on society.

The Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment recently announced the preparation of a bill to modernise non-compete clauses, with the aim of tightening their rules of use.

The CSRD requires a large number of companies in Europe to report on sustainability information and will have to be fully implemented in Dutch law by 6 July 2024. In this blog, we discuss the background, scope, core obligations and phased entry into force of the CSRD.