Senior Associate | Attorney at law
Employment & Employee Participation
Caroline has considerable experience in guiding medium-sized to large national and international enterprises in every aspect of employment law, from individual dismissals and legal scans to complex reorganisations and company acquisitions. She also assists many educational institutions ranging from school districts to universities. In addition to ‘regular’ employment law, she also has a special interest in cross-border employment and education law.
Caroline is a highly motivated attorney who takes a solution-oriented approach underpinned by her strong interpersonal and decisive qualities. Her commitment, expertise and clarity inspire trust among her clients and colleagues. Caroline is French in origin and also has German, Spanish and English roots, making her multilingual – something which is of great practical benefit.
Caroline studied Dutch law at Leiden University, majoring in International Law.
Caroline has worked at De Clercq as an attorney since 2003, with a broad focus on employment law. She puts her multilingual background and international interest to good use in advising numerous international clients. She specialises in Education Law and Employment Law from a European perspective, and has completed mediation training, which also serves her practice well. As well as being an attorney, Caroline is a board member with the Technolab Leiden Foundation.
On an almost daily basis, Caroline deals with matters such as individual dismissals, reorganisations, working remotely from abroad, expatriates, unacceptable behaviour and the investigation of this, and disability in the workplace. She also provides advice to companies at the policy level. Caroline acts as in-house counsel for a variety of companies, and values the opportunity to get to know her clients well. This often leads to fruitful collaborations that last for many years. The same applies to the educational institutions with which Caroline has long-term involvements with respect to employment law matters.
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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation
17 December 2025
Around holidays and company events, questions often arise about alcohol and drug use in the workplace. More and more employers are adopting a zero-tolerance policy, but that does not always mean it is applied correctly.
Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation
16 December 2025
The European Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) aims to reduce the pay gap between men and women. This requires organizations to be more transparent about remuneration, both towards job applicants and towards employees and supervisory bodies. The Netherlands must transpose this European Directive into national legislation. Although a bill has already been proposed, the transposition of the Directive into national legislation has been postponed until 1 January 2027.
Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation
16 December 2025
The Minister of Social Affairs and Employment stated in a parliamentary letter ated 11 December 2025 that the bill concerning the compensation of the transition payment in cases of long-term incapacity for work must be dealt with urgently.