Legal Status (Local Employees) Regulations 2020

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Inhoudsopgave

Chapter 1 General provisions

Artikel 1.1Article 1.1 Definitions The following definitions are used in these Regulations:
Artikel 1.2Article 1.2 Powers 1 The ministers grant power of attorney and authorisation to perform juristic acts and to perform…
Artikel 1.3Article 1.3 Applicable law and regulations 1 Employment contracts and any disputes arising from them are subject to…
Artikel 1.4Article 1.4 Equal treatment 1 The employer may not make a distinction between employees on the grounds of religion…
Artikel 1.5Article 1.5 Mission version 1 3W draws up a mission version for the mission or missions in the district served by an…
Artikel 1.6Article 1.6 Disputes committee and courts 1 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has an independent disputes committee (the…
Artikel 1.7Article 1.7 Limitation period Any claim arising from the employment contract between an employee and the employer is…
Artikel 1.8Article 1.8 Notification of regulations and instructions 1 Regulations governing the legal status of employees and…
Artikel 1.9Article 1.9 Hardship clause The employer can, either at the suggestion of the head of mission or otherwise, exclude the…

Chapter 2 Start of employment

Artikel 2.1Article 2.1 Filling vacancies 1 The head of mission notifies the employees at the mission, the partners of staff…
Artikel 2.2Article 2.2 Medical examination 1 The employer may require a prospective employee to undergo a medical examination if…
Artikel 2.3Article 2.3 Psychological examination 1 A prospective employee may be required to undergo a psychological examination…
Artikel 2.4Article 2.4 Investigation of a prospective employee’s trustworthiness and suitability 1 Except in the cases referred to…
Artikel 2.5Article 2.5 Engagement and probationary period 1 An employee is engaged for a fixed period or an open-ended period.
Artikel 2.6Article 2.6 The employment contract 1 The employment contract is entered into in writing in English, French or Spanish;

Chapter 3 Working hours, holiday and leave

Artikel 3.1Article 3.1 Working hours, working times and breaks The following information is included in the mission version, with…
Artikel 3.2Article 3.2 Changes to weekly working hours 1 An employee who has worked at a mission for at least one year may request…
Artikel 3.3Article 3.3 Holiday 1 An employee is entitled to a number of hours’ holiday in accordance with local regulations and…
Artikel 3.4Article 3.4 Leave 1 An employee is entitled to leave on public holidays and special leave in accordance with local…

Chapter 4 Salary and other financial conditions of employment

§ 1 Job evaluation, pay scales and salary

Artikel 4.1Article 4.1 Job evaluation, pay scales, pay numbers and salary amounts 1 The employer assigns one of the pay scales set…
Artikel 4.2Article 4.2 Adjustments to salary amounts where these amounts are not fixed in the local currency 1 If salary amounts…
Artikel 4.3Article 4.3 The pay scale, pay number and salary amount applicable to an employee 1 The pay scale applicable to an…

§ 2 Allowances

Artikel 4.4Article 4.4 Market-related allowance 1 The employer may, after consultation with the head of mission, grant an employee…
Artikel 4.5Article 4.5 Other allowances that are treated as salary 1 An employee is granted allowances supplementing the salary…

§ 3 Additional remuneration

Artikel 4.6Article 4.6 Special remuneration 1 The employer may award an employee additional remuneration for exceptional…
Artikel 4.7Article 4.7 Emergency service allowance 1 An employee designated as an in-house emergency officer as referred to in…
Artikel 4.7aArticle 4.7a Stand-by allowance 1 Employees who, in the interests of the service and in accordance with the employer’s…

§ 4 Fixing of gross salary and payment of gross or net salary

Artikel 4.8Article 4.8 Fixing of gross salary 1 An employee’s salary is fixed as a gross amount.
Artikel 4.9Article 4.9 Payment of gross or net salary;
Artikel 4.10Article 4.10 Payment of net salary;
Artikel 4.11Article 4.11 Payment of gross or net salary;

§ 5 Official travel and travel for the purposes of training

Artikel 4.12Article 4.12 Official travel and travel for the purposes of training;
Artikel 4.13Article 4.13 Extension of official travel or travel for the purposes of training 1 An employee undertaking an official…
Artikel 4.14Article 4.14 Compensation for delays and loyalty programmes 1 Entitlements to compensation from a travel company on…
Artikel 4.15Article 4.15 Tickets and bookings 1 Tickets and bookings for overnight accommodation for official travel or travel for…
Artikel 4.16Article 4.16 Travel costs 1 The employer decides what modes of transport are to be used on official trips and trips for…
Artikel 4.17Article 4.17 Public transport, air, official vehicle or employee’s own vehicle 1 Official trips and trips for the…
Artikel 4.18Article 4.18 Hired vehicle or taxi If, in the opinion of the employer, it is in the interests of the service for an…
Artikel 4.19Article 4.19 Subsistence costs 1 Subsistence costs are costs necessarily incurred by an employee for meals…
Artikel 4.20Article 4.20 Benefits in kind provided by the employer 1 If during a trip an employee incurs costs for…
Artikel 4.21Article 4.21 Reimbursement of other costs relating to official travel or travel for the purposes of training 1 An…
Artikel 4.22Article 4.22 Clothing costs 1 If climatic conditions or other special circumstances in a country that will be visited…
Artikel 4.23Article 4.23 Costs related to sickness, accident or the loss, theft of or damage to luggage 1 If an employee…

§ 6 Reimbursement of other costs

Artikel 4.24Article 4.24 Reimbursement of hospitality and other costs 1 If an employee carries out hospitality activities at the…
Artikel 4.24aArticle 4.24a Homeworking allowance 1 An employee who works from home with their manager's permission is entitled to a…
Artikel 4.25Article 4.25 Indemnification 1 The employer may provide fair indemnification to an employee, except in the cases…

§ 7 Setoffs and payments

Artikel 4.26Article 4.26 Setoffs Amounts owed by the employee to the employer may be set off against amounts owed by the employer…
Artikel 4.27Article 4.27 No payment if duties not performed No salary or other payments are owed in respect of a period during…
Artikel 4.28Article 4.28 Currency;

Chapter 5 Social provisions, occupational health support, sickness and pregnancy

§ 1 Social provisions

Artikel 5.1Article 5.1 General The obligatory and standard social provisions that are applicable are laid down in the mission…

§ 2 Employees to whom the local social security system is applicable

Artikel 5.2Article 5.2 Registration with the local social security authorities 1 If the participation of the employee in the local…
Artikel 5.3Article 5.3 Payment of contributions to the local social security authorities 1 The contributions owed under the local…

§ 3 Employees to whom the Dutch social security system is applicable

Artikel 5.4Article 5.4 Registration with the Dutch social security authorities If the Dutch social security system is applicable…
Artikel 5.5Article 5.5 Payment of contributions to the Dutch social security authorities 1 The employer’s and employee’s…

§ 4 Employees to whom neither the Dutch nor the local social security system is applicable

Artikel 5.6Article 5.6 General 1 If the employee is unable to participate in either the local or the Dutch social security system…

§ 5 Occupational health support

Artikel 5.7Article 5.7 General provisions and computer glasses 1 The head of mission is responsible for the occupational health…
Artikel 5.8Article 5.8 Medical examination 1 An employee may consult the occupational health service directly about work-related…

§ 6 Medical expenses

Artikel 5.9Article 5.9 Contribution towards medical expenses 1 If HDPO is of the opinion that the applicable social security…
Artikel 5.10Article 5.10 Reimbursement of medical expenses in the event of a work-related accident or occupational sickness 1 If…

§ 7 Sick pay

Artikel 5.11Article 5.11 Continuation of salary payment in the event of sickness 1 Employees who are not fit to perform their…
Artikel 5.12Article 5.12 Article 5.12 Limitation of pay entitlement No entitlement to salary as referred to in article 5.11 exists:

§ 8 Pregnancy and birth

Artikel 5.13Article 5.13 Provisions in the case of pregnancy and birth 1 Female employees are entitled to paid pregnancy and…
Artikel 5.14Article 5.14 Employee who is breastfeeding 1 An employee who is breastfeeding and has notified the employer of this…
Artikel 5.15Article 5.15 Prohibition of termination of an employment contract during pregnancy 1 The employer may not terminate an…

Chapter 6 Other rights and obligations

§ 1 Obligations and prohibitions

Artikel 6.1Article 6.1 Good conduct as an employee and oath or affirmation 1 Employees are obliged to perform the duties arising…
Artikel 6.2Article 6.2 Reporting obligation 1 Employees who are unable to perform their duties on account of sickness or for other…
Artikel 6.3Article 6.3 Outside work and acting as a contractor 1 An employee who performs or intends to perform any outside work…
Artikel 6.4Article 6.4 Rewards, donations and promises of third parties Employees acting in an official capacity are forbidden to…
Artikel 6.5Article 6.5 Official workclothes and wearing of insignia 1 An employee is required to wear official workclothes and…
Artikel 6.6Article 6.6 Place of residence An employee is obliged to reside in or near to – and if necessary to move to – the place…
Artikel 6.7Article 6.7 Instructions to perform other duties The employer may require an employee temporarily to perform duties…
Artikel 6.8Article 6.8 In-house emergency service 1 The head of mission draws on the assistance of one or more employees appointed…

§ 2 Staff residences

Artikel 6.9Article 6.9 Staff residences;
Artikel 6.10Article 6.10 Use of staff residences by surviving family members 1 After the death of the employee, the surviving…

§ 3 Training

Artikel 6.11Article 6.11 Mandatory training 1 Employees may be instructed to undergo training in the interests of the service, in…
Artikel 6.12Article 6.12 Training on the employee’s initiative 1 Employees who take the initiative to undergo training may at their…

§ 4 Introductory interviews, staff interviews and assessments

Artikel 6.13Article 6.13 Introductory interviews 1 Within a month after the employee enters into employment or is assigned to a new…
Artikel 6.14Article 6.14 Staff interviews 1 At least once a year, a staff interview takes place between the employee and the…
Artikel 6.15Article 6.15 Assessments If the employer considers it desirable or the employee so requests, the employee’s performance…

§ 5 Reorganisation

Artikel 6.16Article 6.16 Developing a plan of action 1 If an alteration that would affect the legal status of five or more…
Artikel 6.17Article 6.17 Adopting the plan of action The employer adopts the plan of action after the head of mission has consulted…
Artikel 6.18Article 6.18 General provisions 1 In this part, a job loser means:
Artikel 6.19Article 6.19 Support finding a job or setting up a business 1 Wherever possible, the employer provides a job loser with…
Artikel 6.20Article 6.20 Article 6.20 Priority in the event of job vacancies 1 Notwithstanding article 2.1, the head of mission…
Artikel 6.21Article 6.21 Termination 1 The employment contract of a job loser who is not employed in a different job is terminated…
Artikel 6.22Article 6.22 Redundancy payment in the event of reorganisation 1 Notwithstanding article 8.3, paragraph 1, second…
Artikel 6.23Article 6.23 Contribution towards outplacement costs 1 At the job loser’s request, the employer may grant a…
Artikel 6.24Article 6.24 Contribution towards training costs 1 Notwithstanding article 6.12, at the request of a job loser who…
Artikel 6.25Article 6.25 Training leave 1 At the request of a job loser who begins training as referred to in article 6.24 before…
Artikel 6.26Article 6.26 Contribution towards the costs of setting up a business 1 At the request of a job loser who sets up a…
Artikel 6.27Article 6.27 Contribution amounts The total sum of the contributions referred to in articles 6.23, 6.24 and 6.26 must…
Artikel 6.28Article 6.28 Contribution towards removal and refurbishment costs 1 A job loser who, on account of accepting a new job…
Artikel 6.29Article 6.29 Allowances in the event of employment in another unit of the employer 1 A job loser whose employment…
Artikel 6.30Article 6.30 Internal candidate status An ex-employee whose employment contract has been terminated by the employer due…

Chapter 7 Prohibition of entry, suspension, compensation, dereliction of duty and disciplinary penalties

Artikel 7.1Article 7.1 Prohibition of entry An employee may be prohibited by the head of mission from entering official rooms or…
Artikel 7.2Article 7.2 Suspension 1 Employees who have been deprived of their liberty pursuant to a statutory measure are…
Artikel 7.3Article 7.3 Compensation An employee may be required to pay full or partial compensation for damage suffered by the…
Artikel 7.4Article 7.4 Dereliction of duty 1 Employees who fail to fulfil the obligations imposed on them or are guilty of some…
Artikel 7.5Article 7.5 Disciplinary penalties The following disciplinary penalties may be imposed for dereliction of duty:

Chapter 8 End of an employment contract

§ 1 End of an employment contract and redundancy payment

Artikel 8.1Article 8.1 Employment contract for a fixed period;
Artikel 8.2Article 8.2 Termination of an open-ended employment contract 1 An employment contract entered into for an open-ended…
Artikel 8.3Article 8.3 Redundancy payments 1 An employee whose employment contract ends is entitled to a one-off redundancy…

§ 2 End of an employment contract due to sickness, retirement, death or a compelling reason

Artikel 8.4Article 8.4 Termination of an employment contract due to sickness 1 The employer may not, during a period specified in…
Artikel 8.5Article 8.5 End of an employment contract upon reaching the age of retirement The employment contract ends on the first…
Artikel 8.6Article 8.6 End of an employment contract due to death 1 The death of the employee ends the employment contract.
Artikel 8.7Article 8.7 End of an employment contract when an employee is missing 1 If an employee is missing and, considering all…
Artikel 8.8Article 8.8 Termination of an employment contract for a compelling reason 1 Either the employer or the employee may…

§ 3 Manifestly unreasonable termination

Artikel 8.9Article 8.9 Manifestly unreasonable termination 1 If the employer’s termination of the employment contract is…

§ 4 Special obligations of the employer upon termination of an employment contract

Artikel 8.10Article 8.10 Employer’s declaration 1 An employee who so requests must be given an employer’s declaration on…

Chapter 9 Old age pensions, surviving dependants’ benefits and invalidity benefits

§ 1 General provisions

Artikel 9.1Article 9.1 Definitions 1 The following definitions apply for the purposes of this chapter:
Artikel 9.2Article 9.2 Obligations of the employee, ex-employee or surviving dependant 1 The employee, ex-employee or surviving…

§ 2 Old age pensions, surviving dependants’ benefits and invalidity benefits

Artikel 9.3Article 9.3 Old age pensions, surviving dependants’ benefits and invalidity benefits;

§ 3 Supplementation of old age pensions

Artikel 9.4Article 9.4 Supplementation of old age pensions;

§ 4 Supplementation of surviving dependants’ benefits

Artikel 9.5Article 9.5 Supplementation of surviving dependants’ benefits;
Artikel 9.6Article 9.6 Supplementation of surviving partners’ benefits 1 The supplement to surviving dependants’ benefits for the…
Artikel 9.7Article 9.7 Supplementation of orphan’s benefits 1 Without prejudice to article 9.5, paragraph 2, the supplementation…

§ 5 Supplementation of invalidity benefits

Artikel 9.8Article 9.8 Supplementation of invalidity benefits;
Artikel 9.9Article 9.9 Supplementation of invalidity benefits;

§ 6 Payment of supplements

Artikel 9.10Article 9.10 Fixing and payment of supplements 1 Articles 4.8 to 4.11 and 4.28 apply mutatis mutandis to fixing and…

Chapter 10 Transitional and final provisions

Artikel 10.1Article 10.1 Transitional provision concerning social plans Any social plan that applies to an employee or ex-employee…
Artikel 10.2Article 10.2 Entry into force These Regulations enter into force on 1 January 2020.
Artikel 10.2aArticle 10.2a Transitional provisions concerning one-off redundancy payments 1 Article 8.1 concerning one-off…
Artikel 10.3Article 10.3 Short title These Regulations are to be cited as:

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