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No social safety net for 'PGB' caregivers who care for seriously ill relatives 06 July 2023
An investigation carried out by Dutch news programme Nieuwsuur has revealed that despite a recent ruling by the Centrale Raad van Beroep (Central Appe...
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Presentation Leiden research The Database of Business Ethics in Oxford 05 July 2023
On Wednesday 7 June 2023, Dr Yvonne Erkens, Kate Verhoeff, Emma Snel, and Fleur Walravens of the Department of Labour Law in Leiden, gave a presentati...
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Book presentation 'Phanta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid' 05 July 2023
On 15 June 2023, the book presentation for the ‘Panta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid’ (Panta Rhei: law and sustainability) was held at the Oude Sterrenwa...
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Gerrard Boot and Yvonne Erkens organise annual EALCJ conference 04 July 2023
The conference of the European Association of Labour Court Judges (EALCJ) took place in Leiden from 8 to 10 June 2023. The EALCJ is an association of ...
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Gerrard Boot rapporteur at FIDE congress in Sofia 01 June 2023
Every other year, the Fédération Internationale pour le Droit Européen (FIDE) organises an international congress focusing on three topics in the fiel...
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Leiden IIASL International Air Law Conference Aviation Cybersecurity 16 May 2023
A one-day conference was organised by the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University on 11 May 2023, in the lead-up to the 14th...
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Is the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity too broad? 25 April 2023
To discuss this question, chairmen, members, and secretaries of the Research Integrity Committees (Commissies Wetenschappelijke Integriteit, CWI) of a...
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Weidong Zhang on achieving decent work in China 04 April 2023
On 23 March 2023 Weidong Zhang defended his thesis in Leiden on achieving decent work in China. This research analyses to what extent China is achievi...
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Photo report Bachelor’s Open Day KOG 02 March 2023
On 25 February, the KOG opened its doors once more to welcome a large crowd of people looking to find their perfect study programme during the Bachelo...
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Heleen Andriessen publishes on sexual harassment in the workplace 16 February 2023
The fact that sexual harassment in the workplace is a persistent problem became painfully clear again last year, especially after the widely watched ‘...
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Gerrard Boot on embedding of zzp'ers within organisation 14 February 2023
The Dutch cabinet wants to stop organisations from using zzp’ers (self-employed professionals) for work that is deemed to be embedded in the organisat...
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Emma van der Vos on curbing income inequality 13 February 2023
Excessive remuneration of top executives often sparks heated debate in the Netherlands. Ministers are summoned to Parliament, where they then tend to ...
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Dutch cabinet not adopting Boot Committee's main recommendation on ZZP plans 23 January 2023
According to Gerrard Boot, Professor of Labour Law, the recommendations of the Committee he chaired on model agreements (Boot Committee) are only part...
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Committee Heerma van Voss findings: Chroom-6 payment regulation is equitable 19 December 2022
In 2014, the Dutch Ministry of Defence received signals from employees and former employees suspecting that they had become ill from working with chro...
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Restatement of Labour Law: new book on employment termination law 19 December 2022
The third book in the Restatement of Labour Law Series has recently been published by German publisher Beck. This part addresses employment terminatio...