Expats

Your employer can terminate the employment contract with a dismissal permit issued by the UWV Employee Insurance Agency, a dissolution decision by the subdistrict court, a termination agreement or on the basis of summary dismissal, in which case you would have to be guilty of an urgent reason.

Your employer is not allowed to unilaterally change the terms of employment, even if a change clause has been included in the contract. An assessment of interests must first be made between your employer's interest in the change and your own interest.

Dutch legislation provides for a minimum wage and a minimum number of holiday hours per year for employees.

This depends on various factors such as your employment contract and the country where the work is performed.

These can be economic reasons, company relocation, reorganisation, and long-term incapacity for work.

This is a compensation to which you are entitled when an employment contract is terminated, unless you have resigned yourself or are guilty of culpable behaviour.