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When Salary Payments Blur Tax Residency

by Laura De Troia

Jan 14, 2026

For a small business owner, paying salary is about reliability: the right amount, on the right day, with no noise. But when wages are paid into a foreign bank account, the real complications often sur...

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When an Employee Gets a Wage Garnishment, Your Payroll Becomes a Legal Pipe

by Laura De Troia

Jan 13, 2026

The letter usually lands on an ordinary day, right between invoices you’re chasing and your own suppliers’ payment terms. A bailiff (a gerechtsdeurwaarder) tells you that an employee has loonbeslag: w...

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The Leave you "Forgot" can become your most expensive admin mistake

by Laura De Troia

Jan 12, 2026

If you run a small business, unused leave is not a soft HR topic. It’s scheduling pressure, payroll liability, and when it goes wrong, a trust issue that lands right on your desk between invoices and ...

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When a contract "Sleeps" your risks don't

by Laura De Troia

Jan 8, 2026

If you run a micro business, “legal news” only matters when it touches cash flow and admin time. A sleeping employment contract does exactly that. One day it’s a quiet file, no wages paid, no shifts s...

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2026 Raises: Budget Them Before You Promise Them

by Laura De Troia

Jan 7, 2026

When six out of ten employees say they expect their biggest pay growth in 2026 to happen with their current employer, that’s not “HR news.” It lands straight on your desk as cash flow: higher monthly ...

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A New Pension Rulebook for hospitalitly and a new admin reality for employers

by Laura De Troia

Jan 6, 2026

As of 1 January 2026, the pension scheme of Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering changes, and for small employers the first impact won’t be philosophical, it will be practical. Pensions sit inside your pay...

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Snow days aren't a legal category, but your payroll still is

by Laura De Troia

Jan 6, 2026

When the country slows down, trains disrupted, roads slick, deliveries late, the first business pain is always the same: cash flow and trust. Customers expect deadlines, staff expect clarity, and you’...

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The 30% ruling in 2026: Same Rate, Smaller room to move

by Laura De Troia

Jan 5, 2026

If you employ even one expat, the 30%-regeling is not a “tax topic” it’s a cash-flow topic. It changes what people take home, what you need to budget, how you word contracts, and how quickly a small m...

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Warnings That Hold Up

by Laura De Troia

Jan 2, 2026

In a small business, an employee issue becomes a cash-flow issue faster than you’d like: invoices still need sending, shifts still need covering, and your admin load quietly doubles. When trust frays,...

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When “Just Ask the Bot” Becomes a Business Leak

by Laura De Troia

Jan 1, 2026

If you run a small business, you don’t experience “privacy risk” as a headline. You feel it as delayed invoices, uncomfortable client calls, time lost to admin, and the quiet erosion of trust that tak...

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Arbo is the Law, and your arbodienst is there to make it work in real life

by Laura De Troia

Dec 31, 2025

The moment you hire your first employee, “arbo” stops being a vague HR word and becomes part of your cash flow. If someone gets sick, if a complaint lands, if the Labour Inspectorate asks questions, i...

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Zero-Hours Contracts: Where “Flexible” Quietly Becomes Illegal

by Laura De Troia

Dec 30, 2025

A zero-hours contract (“nulurencontract”) can feel like a simple lever: pull it when the work is there, release it when it isn’t. But the legal reality is less elastic. The moment flexibility starts c...

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