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Photo Report: Bachelor's Open Day KOG 26 October 2022
On Saturday 22 October, the KOG filled up with prospective students looking for their next course of study. The lecture halls were packed to the brim ...
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Ministry and Leiden Law School to work together more closely 25 October 2022
The Ministry of Justice and Security and Leiden Law School are planning to collaborate on a more structural basis. This is the outcome of a meeting th...
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Gerrard Boot and Yvonne Erkens attend annual EALCJ conference 19 September 2022
From 8 to 10 September 2022, Yvonne Erkens and Gerrard Boot attended a conference of the European Association of Labour Court Judges (EALCJ). At the i...
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KNAW advisory report on social safety in Dutch academia 28 July 2022
At the beginning of July, a committee appointed by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) presented its report 'Social Safety in Du...
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Clashing fundamental rights in KLM labour dispute 23 May 2022
Can the KLM reject an applicant for a job as a pilot or stewardess if they refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19? Or put more broadly: can the emp...
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Can businesses and employers demand proof of vaccination? 09 August 2021
Can bars, gyms and travel providers refuse customers who have no proof of vaccination? And can an employer dismiss employees who are not vaccinated? R...
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KNAW fund 'Science communication by scientists' awarded to Yvonne Erkens and Robert Heinsch 22 April 2021
Two Leiden legal scholars have been awarded funding from the KNAW pilot fund 'Science communication by scientists: Appreciated!'. The fund supports sc...
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KNAW presents report on academic freedom in the Netherlands 18 February 2021
Academic freedom is essential for good scientific practice, but there are limits: scientists and scholars from all domains must always seek a proper b...
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Yvonne Erkens publishes article on innovation in the field of corporate social responsibility 21 January 2021
Throughout the world fundamental labour rights in supply chains are being violated. Since the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh shook the world, we ca...
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Coronavirus: Powers of employers to deal with reckless behaviour of workers 30 November 2020
In the public debate on the coronavirus, bold assertions from academics, doctors and other medical practitioners are often heard. For example, that th...
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May employers require employees to be tested for corona? 14 August 2020
When an employee returns from an area considered to be a corona risk, can their employer require them to have a corona test? This is a complicated iss...
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Beryl ter Haar visiting professor at Warsaw University 10 March 2020
Beryl ter Haar is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. The Law School is the oldest part of the university (founded in ...
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New volume on ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’ 06 February 2020
At the start of 2020, the book ‘Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law’ was published by Intersentia.
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Restatement of Labour Law in Europe by Guus Heerma van Voss 14 January 2020
Guus Heerma van Voss, professor of Labour Law recently published: Restatement of Labour Law in Europe in coöperation with Bernd Waas professor of Labo...
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Cooperation with the THUAS on the International Labor Rights Case Law Journal 28 November 2019
On Tuesday 26 November 2019, a collaboration between The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) and Leiden University was launched in relation t...