Is an employer required to redeploy an employee made redundant
remotely for a foreign sister company? The Amsterdam District Court
recently dealt with this question.
The background
An employee had worked for a Dutch company since 3 April 2018.
This employer is part of an international organisation that is
engaged in student recruitment for distance education.
At the end of May 2020, the employer decided to cease all
activities in the Netherlands. Apart from the employee's
employment contract, all the other 18 employment contracts were
terminated by means of a settlement agreement due to economic
circumstances. After the office in the Netherlands closed on 30
June 2020, the employee (temporarily) performed her work online for
a Czech sister company of the employer, as she was the only
employee not to sign the settlement agreement.
