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Quote: “Clients are full of praise for this team of flexible and accessible lawyers. An employment boutique, Palthe Oberman caters to a varied client base including large and mid-size companies as well as regional governments. Its fine reputation helps attract a steady flow of referral work, with recent instructions including payment disputes, reorganisations and high-level [...]

Quote: “Gieneke van Wulfften-Palthe is described by clients as “keen, proactive and easy to reach.” Her clients include media companies, financial institutions and non-profit organisations.”

Please click below for our general overview of employment law in the Netherlands. Memo – General Overview Employment Law in the Netherlands

Please click below to find a brief description of global recent and relevant employment law issues, either arising from a Court decision or from new legislation. At a short glance, you can get informed about the most important and most discussed current employment law matter in Europe and the US. Global Employment Law Highlights – Fall 2011

We are pleased to offer you our September 2011 Employment Law Newsflash. It is a reflection of what we stand for: giving practical advice and maintaining personal contact with our clients and business relations. In this Newsflash we would like to inform you concisely about some topics of current interest. If you would like to [...]

We are pleased to offer you our June 2011 Employment Law Newsflash. It is a reflection of what we stand for: giving practical advice and maintaining personal contact with our clients and business relations. In this Newsflash we would like to inform you concisely about some topics of current interest. If you would like to [...]

We are pleased to offer you our April 2011 Employment Law Newsflash. It is a reflection of what we stand for: giving practical advice and maintaining personal contact with our clients and business relations. In this Newsflash we would like to inform you concisely about some topics of current interest. If you would like to [...]

Young people up to age 27 get temporary contracts more often and for longer terms during crisis Young people in particular are in danger of being hit hard by the economic crisis. The percentage of unemployed youth was 8.6% in January 2008, whereas that percentage was 10.7% in March-May 2009 and the total rate of [...]

Extension of the indispensability criterion? As of 1 August 2009 Section 4:2 subsection 4 of the Dismissals Decree has been amended for a limited period of time (until 1 September 2011). According to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, this amendment will make it easier to spare employees the effects of a reorganization on account of their specific knowledge and [...]

Keep the good employees in times of recession In the unfortunate event that your company orinstitution is indeed affected by the recession, this mayhave consequences for the existing employmentrelationships. The first thing to do is establish howflexible you are regarding your employment relations inhard times. If it becomes evident that compulsoryredundancy is the only way [...]