News

Do you want direct access to important fiscal and financial news? Thanks to Koppel Services, staying up-to-date has never been easier. Our news section offers in-depth insights into a wide range of financial, organizational, administrative and tax-related topics. As part of our professional philosophy, we keep track of important developments across a wide range of industries. This not only gives us a uniquely comprehensive perspective on international tax laws and regulations, but also allows us to delve deeper into subjects that are relevant to your business. If you're looking for a specific story or insight, please select a category to the right. Our news selection will update automatically to reflect your choice.

The non-solicitation clause

Written by: Nico Koppel | 9 December 2019

More often than not an employee’s infringement of a non-compete or non-solicitation clause will expose him or her to a hefty penalty.

SZW Inspectorate keeps finger on RI&E pulse

Written by: Nico Koppel | 3 April 2019

It is up to the employer to document the risks in an RI&E, which in addition to describing the specific hazards also needs to address such risk-reducing measures as the employer has put in place.

Company car as employment condition

Written by: Sean-Paul Smit | 28 March 2019

An employer operated a company car scheme for the benefit of all members of staff who in the line of duty had to drive more than 10,000 kilometres annually or whose position within the company warranted it.

Draft legislation providing for employees’ right to inaccessibility

Written by: Willemijn Houter | 21 February 2019

A “licence to uninterrupted leisure time” should accrue to everyone, as an indispensable right enabling the relief – or, better still, the prevention – of complaints of a stress and burn-out related nature.

Implementation of measures to help solve continued wage payment snags

Written by: Nico Koppel | 31 January 2019

Any employee who is rendered occupationally disabled is entitled to (up to) two years’ worth of continued wage payments by his or her employer.

State retirement age by 2024

Written by: Sean-Paul Smit | 11 November 2018

The past few years have seen the state retirement age in the Netherlands steadily increasing. This has to date been done by fixed increments, which it will continue to do until year-end 2021, whereas from 2022 onwards the state retirement age will be linked to the life expectancy trend.

Emergency repair measures in corporation tax sphere: memorandum of amendment

Written by: Stan Evers | 4 November 2018

One of the memorandums of amendment having been prompted by the reconsideration of the dividend tax abolition addresses the emergency repair measure for tax entities in a corporation tax sphere.

Dismissal on the verge of retirement: no reduction of transitional compensation

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 27 October 2018

The statutory transitional compensation regime is mandatory in nature (i.e. it cannot be departed from).

Maximum transitional compensation 2019

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 25 October 2018

The maximum amount in transitional compensation is subject to annual revision by ministerial regulation.

How to read a non-compete clause

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 17 August 2018

It is important when interpreting a non-compete clause in addition to examining the actual phrasing also to consider the significance of the clause in the perception of the parties involved and their warranted expectation of one another in this respect.

Going AWOL justifies (summary) dismissal

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 2 August 2018

Employees cannot in principle have their employment contract legitimately terminated by their employer without their written consent unless the scenario at hand is one of summary dismissal, for which the employer must have urgent cause.

Employer’s liability

Written by: Willemijn Houter | 19 April 2018

According to legal precedent it is the employer’s duty to take out adequate insurance against loss, damage and/or harm suffered by any member of the workforce who while performing his or her duties as the driver of a motorised vehicle may become involved in a road accident.

Breach of confidentiality clause

Written by: Bas Hollenberg | 11 January 2018

The Subdistrict Court found itself adjudicating the case of an employee of whose service contract a confidentiality clause (which extended to the employer’s clients and business associates), a non-compete clause and a non-solicitation clause had formed part, banning him on pain of penalty from making disclosure to third parties – both during the term of […]

Resignation during probationary period does not negate non-compete clause

Written by: Marcel Frazer | 18 October 2017

A non-compete clause will make it more difficult for the employee in question to take up a position elsewhere when his or her employment contract ends.

Optional withdrawal of dissolution petition

Written by: Marcel Frazer | 3 August 2017

Should the Sub District Court have the authority to enable the withdrawal of a dissolution petition for reasons of the intended awarding of a transition allowance?

Wage cost benefits from the first of January 2018 onwards

Written by: Marcel Frazer | 21 July 2017

It is the Salary Costs (Incentive Allowances) Act of the Netherlands by means of which the current social insurance contribution discounts are converted to wage cost benefits for the occupationally disabled and for older recipients of social benefits.