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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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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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A Small Change in ‘Arbeidskorting’ That Employees Will Feel

by Laura De Troia

Dec 29, 2025

If you run a small business, you learn quickly that “tax changes” aren’t abstract. They show up as questions at the coffee machine, a surprised look at a payslip, and the quiet work of keeping payroll...

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EU Pay Transparency: European Commission Rejects Dutch Delay

by Laura De Troia

Dec 27, 2025

Background: why the directive exists In 2023, the EU introduced the Pay Transparency Directive to address persistent inequalities in pay between women and men. The directive’s core aim is to promote e...

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A Small Wage Rise That Still Hits the Till

by Laura De Troia

Dec 27, 2025

When wages move, your business feels it in very ordinary places: the weekly cash flow, the timing of invoices, the price you dare to quote, and the quiet trust inside your team that “payday will be fi...

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No Fines Yet for Failing to Tackle False Self-Employment

by Laura De Troia

Dec 27, 2025

What’s changing and what isn’t Employers who fail to comply with rules aimed at preventing schijnzelfstandigheid (false self-employment) still won’t face fines in 2026. The cabinet does, however, want...

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Entrepreneurship and employment: adjustments for self-employed professionals, employers and employees

by Laura De Troia

Dec 27, 2025

Several changes taking effect in 2026 will influence how work is taxed and supported in the Netherlands, particularly for self-employed professionals , older employees in physically demanding roles , ...

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Customary salary 2026 (DGA): the bar goes up

by Laura De Troia

Dec 27, 2025

From 1 January 2026 , the fixed standard amount for the DGA’s customary salary increases to €58,000 per year . In 2024 and 2025 , it was €56,000 . Sounds like a minor correction. In practice, it’s oft...

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VAT on pension contributions: an unexpected cost for employers

by Laura De Troia

Dec 27, 2025

A recent ruling by the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal has put the Dutch pension landscape under pressure. According to the court, industry-wide pension funds are no longer exempt from VAT. What may...

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