According to het Financieel Dagblad of 20 January 2016, the Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds is looking at a new pension system that combines “individual savings” with “collective risk sharing”. René Maatman, Mark Heemskerk and Bas Werker explain in a recent Netspar paper what this PPR system could look like.
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Court Reverses $1 Million Discrimination Verdict Entered Against LA Fire Department
Jumaane v. City of Los Angeles, 241 Cal. App. 4th 1390 (2015)
Jabari Jumaane, an African-American firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, sued the City of Los Angeles for racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Following a 34-day jury trial, the jury found for Jumaane on his claims and awarded him more than $1 million in damages. Following the trial, the city filed a motion […]
The traditional position under the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997, (the “OWTA”) was that an employee’s entitlement to annual leave accrued based on the amount of time the employee actually worked. Consequently, annual leave did not accrue during periods of sickness absence. However, in 20091, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) held that employees on sick leave did not have an opportunity to take their annual leave. As such, […]