Employment law
At LeijsenVanLint we are specialized in all aspects of both collective employment law and individual employment law.
With regard to collective employment law we have assisted parties with, among others, advice in relation to mass redundancies and pension-related matters. Besides that, we drafted severance plans, policies and employee handbooks and rendered legal support to employers in connection with negotiations about collective labor agreements.
In the field of individual employment law, we have existence experience in respect of inter alia termination proceedings at the court, drafting employment agreements, on-call contracts, dismissal letters and termination and settlement agreements and providing advice in connection with disciplinary measures and continued payment wages during incapacity to work.
Additionally, we are the experts on the legal position of educational personnel on the islands. To this regard we have performed pioneering work and in doing so obtained groundbreaking case law.
We can furthermore assist with drafting contracts for services and matters concerning the legal position of statutory directors.
In short, we can assist you with any employment law related issue.
Public service law
On the islands of the Dutch Caribbean, civil servants still have a very different legal status than employees employed by an employer. Their legal status is characterized by unilateral decisions of the so-called competent authority, such as decisions to appoint civil servants, transitional decisions and dismissal decisions. The possibilities to act against such decisions as a civil servant are very strict and formal. At LeijsenVanLint we have extensive experience working on both sides of public service law. That means on the side of the civil servant as well as on the side of the competent authority. As a result we have acquired unique knowledge of public service law that has translated into innovative case law. This makes LeijsenVanLint the obvious party for governments and civil servants when it comes to public service law.
Administrative law
The key element of administrative law constitutes orders from the government. These include granting or refusing a permit, granting a subsidy or enforcement by the administrative authorities of laws and regulations. Said orders are often subject to objection and appeal. For years on end, we have assisted both affected parties and administrative bodies in objection proceedings and appeal proceedings. For this reason LeijsenVanLint is well familiar with all the ins and outs of administrative law.
General law of obligations
The general law of obligations encompasses several areas of law. In essence it revolves around agreements concluded between two or more parties or obligations arising from the law, such as an unlawful act. In this area, LeijsenVanLint is highly skilled in drafting agreements (e.g. lease agreements and sale and purchase agreements), acting in the event of non-performance of agreements and assisting parties in actions arising from an unlawful act in order to recover the suffered damages.
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