In the year ahead, challenges around legal restrictions and rules involving employment in the Netherlands will be impacted by several factors. For example, labour market shortages mean that employees will become more vocal when it comes to diversity and inclusion, but also that employers need to think carefully about ways to attract and retain staff.
We also expect the year ahead to see the changing pension law, protection of whistleblowers and rules relating to dismissal (collective or otherwise) high on the HR department's agenda.
Here are some key issues for HR officers in 2023:
1. ESG; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) has become a hot topic in the workplace
The ‘S’ in ESG stands for social, referring to a company’s relationships with its stakeholders. Examples include fair wages, employee engagement, a company's impact on the community and on supply chain partners, and DE&I.
DE&I has become an increasingly relevant topic in the workplace. Apart from the legal obligation for employers to ensure a safe working environment, the likelihood of outperformance (financial or otherwise) of diverse executive or other teams is...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has moved to reassure parents and learners that public schools will remain open at the end of April, dismissing widespread social media claims of a shutdown ...