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Click here to read the whitepaper: 'Directors’ Liability for Cyber Incidents in Aviation: Closer than you think'.

The cabinet has submitted a long-awaited legislative proposal to the House of Representatives aimed at strengthening legal protection in public procurement procedures. The objective is to create a better balance in the relationship between contracting authorities and tenderers when disputes arise.
 

In 2025 as well, courts have regularly ruled on issues relating to employee participation. In this blog, we discuss the most notable judgments on the basis of five (recurring) current themes.

In this section, each month we introduce a colleague from the Labour, Employee Participation & Mediation team. This month it is the turn of Renate Vink-Dijkstra, partner and lawyer within the Labour & Employee Participation team. Curious about her story and what drives her? Then read on quickly!

As of 1 January 2026, Tim de Vries has been appointed as a Salary Partner in the Corporate Law team at De Clercq Advocaten Notariaat. His appointment underscores the continued strengthening of the firm’s corporate law practice.

The labour market continues to change — and this is also reflected in employment law. In 2026, employers will be faced with new rules, higher amounts and changing legislation. Some changes will take effect immediately. Others already require policy and contractual decisions now. In this overview, you can read what is happening and what you should pay attention to.

Works councils have influence, under various laws, over decisions that directly affect employees. The right of consent under the Works Councils Act (WOR) is one of the best-known and strongest rights in this respect. Less well known is the right of agreement. However, this right does not stem from the WOR, but from other laws such as the Working Conditions Act, the Working Hours Act and the Work and Care Act, and sometimes from collective labour agreements (CLAs). Both rights differ fundamentally in their operation and impact. It is therefore important to know exactly which right you are dealing with.

The Senate has recently agreed to the new effective date of the Future Pensions Act (Wtp): 1 January 2027. Sounds far away? It isn’t. Because if the deadline is not met, the pension scheme will become fiscally non-compliant and accrued pension will be taxed as wages. That is something you want to avoid as both an employer and an employee. So it is time to take action. Especially for works councils at organisations with a pension scheme through an insurer or a PPI.

Following our earlier blog on the Opinion of the Advocate General at the Supreme Court regarding the question of whether the (potential) ability to obtain a higher rent constitutes an interest (within the meaning of Article 7:296(3) of the Dutch Civil Code) on the basis of which a lease agreement for 290-type commercial premises can be terminated, we now discuss the judgment of the Supreme Court.