The Supreme Court of the Netherlands’ interpretation of a “temporary employment contract” in its recent decisions C4C/StiPP, Sector classification and Leerorkest/Tentoo has a significant impact on Dutch employers’ ability to “second” employees from one affiliate to another. The Decision’s Impact on Secondments As a result of the Court’s broad interpretation, in principle, all secondments may be seen as temporary employment contracts, and the seconding Dutch employer may be seen as being engaged in the temporary employment agency…
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