Employment Update March 2023

14 March 2023 1 min read

By Sarah Hellewell

In the most recent edition of our Benelux Employment Update, lawyers from our teams in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg consider the following hot topics:

  • Key issues in relation to outsourcing arrangements;
  • Implementation of rules to ensure transparent and predictable working conditions following the recent EU Directive; and 
  • Local requirements to track working time

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