Businesses are increasingly confronted with government intervention in employment relations with Dutch public law regulations such as the Working Conditions Act, the Foreigner Workers Act and the Regulation of top incomes in the public and semi-public sector Act (WNT). Pact lawyers helps if you are in conflict with legal regulations or you are looking for (preventative) advice regarding these regulations. Preventing conflict and compliance are key here, particularly given that government-imposed penalties have increased significantly.

Social security is complex and changes regularly. We offer expert guidance to ensure that you do not render social benefit entitlements unnecessarily.

The specialists at Pact lawyers have expertise in collective employment law, whether it’s collective bargaining, employee participation, reorganisation or compliance issues. Disputes about the applicability of a collective agreement or about other collective bargaining issues require a specialist approach. This applies equally for reorganisations, drafting social plans and employee participation matters. We also advise works councils. In addition to rules relating to individual employment law, as an employer you also need to take into account extra rules when dealing with collective bargaining, such as the Works Council Act and the rules governing the principle of proportionality in redundancy scenarios.