No more zero-hour contracts

Employers who regularly work with on-call workers may have to make important changes. The government wants to Abolish zero-hour contracts in favour of  contracts that offer employees more certainty regarding their income and working hours. The intended effective date is January 1, 2027.

Collective labour agreement-legislation

The Law on Collective Labour Agreements* has been enforced since 1927 in The Netherlands. This law defines what a collective labour agreement (in Dutch: CAO) is and determines that labour conditions that are included are legally binding. Almost two thirds of the professional population in...