The purpose of the Nomination of Top Income Act (hereafter: WNT)
is to prevent excessive remuneration and severance payments at
institutions in the (semi) public sector. Based on the WNT, a
maximum compensation of EUR 75,000 can, in principle, be paid in
the event of termination.
This summer, however, the Court of Appeal of
's-Hertogenbosch has ruled that an employee to whom the WNT
applies is entitled to a higher severance payment because of the
fixed compensation for irregular termination. Read below to find
out how the court came to its decision.
What was involved here?
Since 1 January 2016, the employee concerned has worked as a
statutory director of a foundation that aims to help clients
improve or maintain their own lives as much as possible. In
mid-2021, the foundation's finances began to deteriorate, and
criticism of the director's performance started to appear. On
12 April 2022, the director received a letter informing him that
his employment would be
