The Netherlands

This update once again concerns the balance of flexible and permanent work in the Netherlands. After having won the elections, the Government pledged to reform the 2015 reform of Dutch labour law. In that reform, the Government tried to reach a new balance between flexible and permanent work. This was done by limiting the time during which consecutive fixed-term contracts could follow each other before being mandatorily turned into an open-ended contract. The other main measure was to make di.