
Employment law
Dismissal during illness: rules, exceptions, and your rights
Everyone can get sick. Fortunately, the law offers employees in such a situation strong protection. In most cases, an employer may not dismiss you during

Everyone can get sick. Fortunately, the law offers employees in such a situation strong protection. In most cases, an employer may not dismiss you during

Written by Onur Arslan, attorney at Arslan Advocaten. Registered in the legal practice areas register of the Netherlands Bar for employment law and personal injury.

When you are ill, you expect rest, recovery, and guidance. Not that from one day to the next you are summarily dismissed. Yet this happens

Dismissal during illness is usually prohibited in the Netherlands. However, employers sometimes come up with creative ways to dismiss a sick employee. When is it