Dutch employment law offers a high degree of protection for employees. As an expat working in the Netherlands, it is therefore essential to identify whether Dutch law is applicable to your individual employment contract.

According to the ‘European regulation on contractual obligations’ the applicable law for an employment contract is the law of the country in which the employee usually works.

This rule will still apply even if the employment contract states that the law of a different country is applicable, and irrespective of whether the employee is temporarily assigned to another country, for example, an employee usually works in the Netherlands but undertakes several business trips abroad every year.

Sanne van Ruitenbeek of Pallas Attorneys-at-Law further explains on the website of the Amsterdam Expatcenter.

http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/living/employment/employment-law-for-expats

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