Last month, the Permanent Representatives Committee of the EU member states agreed the European Commission’s proposal to amend the EC regulations for social security. The most noticeable changes in the allocation rules are the following: The period that an employee must be covered by the legislation of the Member State [...]
With the UK on course to leave the European Union in March next year, the country faces four possible scenarios. The UK and the EU both insist they want as amicable a divorce as possible, with a legal agreement setting out the kind of relationship they will have when the [...]
As most of you probably already know, it has been proposed to reduce the duration period of the 30% ruling from 8 to 5 years as of January 1, 2019. Many companies, organizations and expats have already expressed their concerns regarding this proposed reduction, especially because it also applies to [...]
On 22 June 2018, the Supreme Court issued a ruling on the relevance of dismissal schemes under a Social Plan. The case concerned an employer agreed Social Plan with the trade unions in the context of a reorganisation. In the Social Plan, the redundant employees were designated according to the [...]
As from April 1, 2018 EU blue card holders are entitled to a search period of 3 months after termination of their employment contract. This search period was already available for highly skilled migrants.
As a result of a court case by the European Commission against the Netherlands regarding the high application fees for permits imposed by the Dutch Immigration Authorities (IND), various fees will be decreased considerably as per May 3, 2018. For example: fees for highly skilled migrant and ICT applications are [...]
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