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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Everyone knows the situation where you are thinking about resigning yourself. You would like to make a new start at another company, but this means that you must resign. Can you resign, and what are the consequences of resigning? This blog will answer these questions.
Het is voor een werknemer met een arbeidsovereenkomst voor onbepaalde tijd mogelijk om de arbeidsrelatie eenzijdig te beëindigen. Als werknemer kun je zelf ontslag nemen door mondeling ontslag in te dienen of een ontslagbrief te versturen. Voor een werknemer met een tijdelijk arbeidscontract is het niet in alle gevallen mogelijk om de arbeidsrelatie voor de einddatum op te zeggen. Dit is alleen mogelijk, wanneer dit is afgesproken in het arbeidscontract of de CAO. Is zo’n beding niet opgenomen in de overeenkomst of staat hier niets over in de CAO, dan dient de werkgever toestemming te geven voor het nemen van ontslag.
It is not necessary to give a reason for resigning. According to case law, the notice must be a clear and unambiguous statement or conduct aimed at the termination of the employment contract. If you resign, a notice period of one month applies, which starts on the first day of the next calendar month. This may be waived in the employment contract or collective bargaining agreement. You must then continue to perform your work for the duration of this notice period. If you resign during the trial period, this notice period does not have to be taken into account.
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Resigning can have far-reaching consequences for your financial situation. If there is no question of serious culpability on the part of the employer, the UWV will determine that you are ‘culpably unemployed’. In that case, you will not be entitled to unemployment benefits. In addition, there is no right to the transitional allowance. It is therefore important to determine whether you have concrete prospects for a new job when you want to resign. This is because you will be left without income or benefits and no transitional allowance will be paid.
Just as an employer can fire an employee on the spot, as an employee you can also resign on the spot. This means that the employment contract is terminated with immediate effect. The notice period does not have to be taken into account. For summary dismissal, there must be an urgent reason. This could be a threat from the side of the employer.
If the UWV or the judge rules that this urgent reason was justified, you are entitled to transitional compensation. If it is determined that the reason for the immediate dismissal was not urgent, this may have consequences for any unemployment benefits. In addition, there is then no right to the transitional compensation. It is therefore important to consider carefully whether immediate dismissal is really necessary and whether there is an urgent reason.
Zoals hiervoor is aangegeven, kan het ontslag nemen zowel schriftelijk als mondeling. Echter, het is praktischer om het ontslag schriftelijk te melden. Hierdoor bestaat namelijk het bewijs dat je het ontslag ingediend hebt. Voor werkgevers gaat de voorkeur veelal ook uit naar een schriftelijke melding, middels ontslagbrief. Deze schriftelijke melding kan via de mail of e-mail, maar kan ook via Whatsapp.
In practice, a resignation letter is usually sent to the employer. This contains a notification that you as an employee wish to terminate the employment contract. Use an example of a letter of resignation for this. If you submit this letter of resignation to the employer, then you have formally submitted your resignation.
Since, in most cases, you are not entitled to unemployment benefits or a transition payment when you resign, it is not a good idea to resign financially. Unless you have concrete prospects of finding a new job, your income will be stopped, and no compensation will be paid. It is a better option financially for the employee to come to a joint termination of the employment contract.
This is done through the settlement agreement. This is an agreement where both parties agree to a termination of the employment contract. In this situation, in most cases there is a right to unemployment benefits, and a severance payment is usually made by the employer. In addition, the employer must take into account the notice period, which means that for a certain period you remain entitled to your salary. During this period, you can start looking for a new job on the job market.
For an employee, it is wiser to sign a settlement agreement than to resign yourself. You are entitled to unemployment benefits and in most cases, you will receive compensation after termination of the employment contract. But how do you do this? Please contact us for this. We can inform you about the possibilities of a settlement agreement.
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