Working from home is here to stay, even after Covid-19. But what are the rights and obligations of employers and employees in terms of compensation and working conditions? And how can the Works Council influence this?
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‘General management has decided that our salary will be reduced. Is that allowed?’
This is a situation we have encountered several times over the last few weeks: the general management of an international group sent a memo stating that all salaries are reduced by 20% due to the coronavirus. But
Dutch works council in English?
More and more companies in the Netherlands employ non-Dutch employees. They too have the right to be elected to the Dutch works council (WC). Does the WC work in English? More importantly: what is a Dutch WC and what does it do?