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September 16, 2020

Request for debt restructuring and Corona: the tax collector thinks along

2023-02-13T14:39:08+01:0012 May 2022|companies in financial distress, enterprise and business, enterprise and government, posts|

Until further notice, the Tax Authorities will approach requests for restructuring of tax debts with a flexible attitude. This applies in particular to requests from entrepreneurs whose businesses are fundamentally sound and who have been affected by the Corona crisis. For these entrepreneurs, the generous corona deferral policy may prove to be of no avail.

Bonus employees: how to create a good bonus scheme as an employer?

2025-03-07T13:29:42+01:0014 March 2022|employees, posts|

The bonus is a nice incentive for employees that you can use as an employer. But you have to be careful. The bonus scheme can be risky if it is not put down on paper correctly. As an employer, you then face the question: is the employee entitled to the bonus and how high is it? Obviously, you do not want to have that discussion with your employees. In this article, we discuss how you, as an employer, can draw up a good bonus scheme.

Amend model employment contract in 2022? Implementation of EU Directive on transparent and predictable terms of employment

2025-03-07T13:33:53+01:003 March 2022|employees, posts|

In June 2019, the European Parliament adopted a Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. The Directive grants new rights to employees and this thus affects employees' employment contracts, as well as any employment conditions regulations. This may lead to employers having to change their (model) employment contracts and employment conditions regulations in 2022.

Director and works council: how to achieve effective cooperation?

2022-03-01T11:27:19+01:001 March 2022|employees, news, posts|

The works council is an important body within the organisation. They represent their members and have the necessary powers to do so, such as the right to consent and the right of advice. Effective cooperation makes it easier to implement important decisions within your organisation and ensures that those decisions are also supported within your organisation.

Sick employee does not cooperate in reintegration: employer actions

2025-03-07T13:39:37+01:0021 February 2022|employees, posts|

A reintegration process starts by the employer reporting sick. Earlier, we wrote an article about the steps that should be taken in a reintegration process. But what if the sick employee does not cooperate? Which actions can you take as an employer to get the reintegration process back on track or can the employer fire the sick employee if he does not cooperate?

Can a cash payment made after the bankruptcy date be reclaimed?

2022-02-22T08:53:45+01:0017 February 2022|companies in financial distress, employees, news, posts|

Recently, the Supreme Court issued an interesting judgment involving two important principles of bankruptcy law, namely the principle of fixation and the principle of paritas creditorum. The case concerned a situation in which, after the bankruptcy date, a cash payment was made from the bankrupt's bank account to a creditor. The central question was whether the trustee could recover the payment from the creditor. This article discusses the case, the relevant principles and the Supreme Court's opinion.

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