Payroll and Human Resources administration
Link different software applications
10 June 2021 - As an employer, you often use various software applications. These include applications for accounting, invoicing, planning & timekeeping, dashboarding, payroll and HR. Purchasing these applications can be done in-house, or possibly by using these tools through an external vendor.
Subsidy for technical innovation
10 June 2021 - Especially in this period it is important to look ahead and reduce costs where possible. The MIT subsidy scheme for R&D collaboration projects (collaboration on a technical innovation) can make all the difference in overcoming the crisis by speeding up market introduction and achieving sustainable growth.
Director liable for pension fund premium arrears
10 June 2021 - In practice, it regularly happens that an employer cannot comply with the premium invoice of the industry pension fund. Not infrequently, this ultimately leads to the director being held personally liable. How can this be prevented?
Application high and low unemployment premiums
10 June 2021 - Since the Labor Market in Balance Act (WAB) came into effect, a distinction has been made between the high and low unemployment insurance premiums. The significance is that the high premium is 5% more expensive than the low premium and thus leads to significantly higher employer costs.
Transitional law on life-course savings amended
10 June 2021 - The life-course savings plan will no longer be available to new participants as of January 1, 2012. A transitional rule applies to employees who, as of December 31, 2011, had a life-course savings plan with a value of € 3,000 or higher. In the first instance it was possible to save up to January 1, 2022 at the latest, but this has now been brought forward to November 1, 2021....
Consequences declaration no private use of car
10 June 2021 - An employee has a company car and drives less than 500 kilometers privately with it per year. What are the consequences for the employee and employer if the "statement no private use of car" is withdrawn , because the employee will drive more than 500 km private with the company car?
Vacations ahead: how to handle vacation requests?
10 June 2021 - In principle, employees decide when they want to take vacation. Suppose it is very quiet in your industry during the summer, can employees be required to take vacation hours? And what about if employees actually request vacation en masse so that the employer runs into staffing problems? What can the employer do about that?
Parental leave in 2022 nine weeks partially paid
10 June 2021 - The government wants people to have more room to choose how to combine care and work. As of August 2, 2022, parents will therefore receive 9 weeks of parental leave on full pay. The Cabinet thus encourages parents to actually take parental leave. The Lower House approved the bill last April.
Wage index up to and including May 2021
Statistics Netherlands reports the following (provisional) indices for wage trends in collective labour agreements (CAOs), for all sectors combined, excluding special remuneration:
Time to automate your HR and payroll processes
18 March 2021 - HR advisors typically spend a lot of time on repetitive HR and payroll processes. Think of the administrative hassle or data that is spread across various files. In the absence of an HR department, these tasks are often performed by management. The time involved could often be spent better or in a different way. Also, since the corona crisis, working from home is not only a...
Grant opportunities spring 2021
18 March 2021 - An extra financial boost to speed up development projects, isn't that what every company wants? As an SME, you can make use of the MIT subsidy scheme (Mkb-innovationstimulering Regio en Topsectoren) or the new REACT-EU program.
Drastic change in the pension system
18 March 2021 - Following the final pension agreement last summer, Minister Koolmees offered the draft legislative texts of the Act on the Future of Pensions to the market for consultation. These draft legislative texts provide a clear picture of the coming, drastic, changes to the Dutch pension system.
On-call contract: offer a fixed scope of work
18 March 2021 - The laws and regulations in the field of labor law are (once again) in full swing and as of July 1, 2021, the next change regarding the on-call contract is already on the horizon.
Working and collaborating during the corona crisis
18 March 2021 - There is a fundamental transformation in the way we work. Robotization, an aging population and sustainability are examples of developments that will impact the way we work and collaborate in the future. As a result of the corona crisis, many of these (digitization) issues are now even more topical. These developments offer new opportunities for optimizing processes and products...
Five tips tax authorities announce
18 March 2021 - Although during the corona crisis employees of many organizations are largely working from home, the Tax and Customs Administration still conducts book audits. The Tax Authorities select companies for an audit mainly on risk indicators, but a company can also be subject to an audit without any reason. We would like to give you a few tips on how to prepare for such an audit and...
Covid-19 vaccination raises questions employers
18 March 2021 - Since the beginning of this year, the Netherlands has started vaccinating to counteract the coronavirus. In the short term, employees will also receive a call to be vaccinated. What can the employer be confronted with and how can and may he act? Below you will find a number of questions from our practice that we would like to answer for you.
Check calculation of the Wage Allowance Act 2020
18 March 2021 - If an employer is eligible for concessions under the Wtl (Welfare Benefits Act), the employer recently received a provisional Wtl calculation from the UWV.
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