Job

van der Pijl

Lawyer

Partner

INTERVISION SPECIALIST

Job van der Pijl studied Dutch law at the VU Amsterdam, became a lawyer in 1991 and has been partner at DingemansVanderKind since 2004.

Job represents the interests of both employees and employers. His knowledge and experience cover all facets of dismissal law, ranging from redundancy due to reorganisation through to cooperation and job performance problems. Another special area of attention within his practice is professional collaborative ventures such as partnerships.

Job obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Amsterdam in 2019. His doctoral thesis, entitled “Arbeidsrecht en insolventie – over de positie van de werknemer van een insolvente werkgever” (Employment law and insolvency - about the position of the employee of an insolvent employer') was published in the Wolters Kluwer Serie Monografieën Sociaal Recht (Series of Monographs on Social Law). Since 2020 he has been a parttime associate university lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Tijdschrift voor Insolventie. He publishes on a very regular basis, also in his position as permanent annotator of the case law magazine JAR and guest annotator in JOR. Job also chairs the Supervisory Board of the Association of Dutch Designers BNO (www.bno.nl).

In the practice areas register of the Netherlands Bar, Job is registered in the following main and (sub) practice areas: Employment law - sub: employee participation, collective dismissal, international employment law and insolvency law - sub: bankruptcies and moratoria.

Job is a member of the following specialist associations:

Employment Law Association (VVA).
Dutch Employment Lawyers Association (VAAN)
Amsterdam Employment Lawyers Association (VAAA)

Expertise

LEGAL

Dismissal Law

Employment Contract Law

COLLECTIVE EMPLOYMENT LAW

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION LAW

THE STATUTORY DIRECTOR

Mediation

INTERVISION

Intervision

Publications

Show Most recent publications

Supreme Court: "Pre-pack not allowed again until statutory regulation" (annotation), JAR 2023/290

Privileges for employees, why really?, TvI 2023/2

Heiploeg judgment - Annotation to EU Court of Justice 28 April 2022

Note to European Court of Justice April 28, 2022, JAR 2022/127

Time for conclusions, TvI 2022/1 (Forum, editorial)

Rules are there to be set aside sometimes: how to find the golden mean? Essay in Trouw, Nov. 27, 2021

Novelle WCO I: a wrong step in the right direction, TvI 2021/30

The position of workers in the new restructuring instrument: the WHOA agreement, TRA 2021/84

Other Publications

If you are interested in the full text of the other publications below, please request them from Job van der Pijl (job@dvdk.nl)

The position of the employee and the works council under the WHOA, contribution in Insolad Yearbook 2021, Homologation Private Agreement Act, Chapter 9, pp. 203-218

The employee of the insolvent employer (pp. 569-606), in: G.W. van der Voet (ed.), Special labor relations, Boom Juridische uitgevers 2021, third edition

SDU Commentary on Labor Law (thematic), SDU Publishers, The Hague 2021, commentary on articles 40 and 239 Fw

Note to Subdistrict Court Oost-Brabant 27 August 2020, JOR 2021/47 (employee v. BSH Arbeidsdeskundig Advies and others)

Note to The Hague Court of Appeal 2 June 2020, JOR 2020/243 (X/RIAGG Rijnmond)

Note to Supreme Court April 17 and May 29, 2020, JAR 2020/125 and 2020/163 (Heiploeg)

The legal position of employees in suspension of payments and bankruptcy, in L.G. Verburg and W.A. Zondag (ed.), Labor law aspects of reorganizations, Monographs SR, no. 31, Kluwer 2020, completely revised 5th edition, chapter 7, pp. 205-238

Restarting after Smallsteps: risky business, Business Law 2019/122

SDU Commentary on Labor Law (thematic), SDU Publishers, The Hague 2019, commentary on articles 40 and 239 Fw

Note to Court of Justice EU May 16, 2019 JAR 2019/170 (Plessers/Prefaco)

Labor law and insolvency. On the position of the employee of an insolvent employer (dissertation - UvA 2019), Monographs of Social Law No. 75, Deventer: Wolters Kluwer 2019

Relaunch of the relaunch?, TAP 2018/267

Note to Amsterdam Court of Appeal July 17, 2018, JAR 2018/216 (Bogra)

Note to Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal July 17, 2018, JAR 2018/218 (Heiploeg)

Note to: Supreme Court November 17, 2017, JAR 2017/311 (Constar)

Note to: Kantonrechter Rechtbank Noord-Holland zp Alkmaar 12 October 2017, JAR 2017/281 (Bogra Uitvaartkisten)

The Smallsteps judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union -ECLI:EU:C:2017:489, Tijdschrift Arbeid en Onderneming (TAO) 2017, no. 3

SDU Commentary on Employment Law (thematic), SDU Publishers, The Hague 2017, commentary on articles 40 and 239 Fw

Note to: Kantonrechter Rechtbank Overijssel zp Enschede 29 November 2016 and 20 January 2017, JAR 2017/47 (Columbus/employee)

The employee of the insolvent employer (pp. 569-606), in: G.W. van der Voet (ed.), Special labor relations, Boom Juridische uitgevers 2017, second edition

Note to: Court of Appeal of The Hague October 18, 2016, JAR 2016/298 (employee/Ingenieursbureau X)

Note to: Subdistrict Court Judge Gelderland zp Zutphen October 3, 2016, JAR 2016/290 (employee v. Schotpoort Warehouse Eerbeek)

Note to: Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal June 14, 2016, JAR 2016/192 (Constar v. Employees)

Note to: Central Appeals Council 27 May 2016, JAR 2016/165 (UWV/employees)

Note to: Kantonrechter Rechtbank Midden-Nederland zp Almere 24 February 2016, JAR 2016/64 (FNV c.s./Smallsteps)

SDU Commentary on Labor Law (thematic), SDU Publishers, The Hague 2015, commentary on articles 40 and 239 Fw

Note to: Kantonrechter Rechtbank Overijssel zp Almelo 28 July 2015, JAR 2015/220 (FNV c.s./Heiploeg)

Note to: Arnhem Court of Appeal October 1, 2015 (Employees/VL Training and VL International), JAR 2015/274

The Employment and Security Act and its impact on insolvency law practice, Journal of Insolvency Law (TvI) 2015/2, 22

Employment law aspects of cross-border bankruptcy within the European Union, TAP 2015/2, pp. 11-15 (with Mr. P. Hufman)

Abuse of law - on duped workers and slippery ice, FIP 2014, p. 41

Note to: Supreme Court 11 April 2014 (Employee v. Trustees of Econcern), JAR 2014/144

Note to: Court of Justice EU 28 November 2013, C-309/12 (Gomes Vianen Novo/Fundo), JAR 2014/18

Note to: Rechtbank Den Haag (sector bestuursrecht) 27 November 2013 (X vUWV), JAR 2014/9

Successive employership after a relaunch - a new beginning or not?, Labor Law 2013, 38

What comprises the employee's position in a relaunch, Lawyer's Journal 2013-7, p. 49

Note to: Rechtbank Noord-Nederland 4 April 2013, JAR 2013/136 and JIN 2013 (Printforce)

Note to: District Court Midden-Nederland January 30, 2013, JAR 2013/65 (UWV/Curators Econcern)

Note to HR 11 May 2012, LJN: bv9603 (Van Tuinen/Wolters): On the consequences of this judgment for successive employership in corporate relationships, Tijdschrift Arbeid & Onderneming, 2013/1, p. 5-9

The legal position of employees in suspension of payments and bankruptcy, in L.G. Verburg and W.A. Zondag (ed.), Employment law aspects of reorganizations, Monographs of Social Law, no. 31, Kluwer 2013, pp. 207-238 (with R.M. Beltzer)

SDU Commentaar Arbeidsrecht, SDU Uitgevers, The Hague 2012, commentary on article 40 Fw (with P.R.W. Schaink)

Note to: Supreme Court July 13, 2012, JAR 2012/210 (Aeilkema/mr. Omta q.q.)

The employee of the insolvent employer, in A.R. Houweling & G.W. van der Voet (Eds.), Special labor relations (pp. 515-554). The Hague 2012: Boom Juridische uitgevers

Note to: Leeuwarden Court of Appeal, July 5, 2011, JAR 2011/208 (Aeilkema/mr. Omta q.q.)

Abuse of power and compensation in the event of - or after? - a termination during the notice period, Tijdschrift Arbeidsrechtpraktijk 2010, 3 and The Termination Judge, a compilation of the annual series from the Tijdschrift Arbeidsrechtpraktijk 2010, pp. 125 - 141

Manifestly unreasonable dismissal and bankruptcy, Labor Law 2010, 58

No boom in burnout claims, Het Financieele Dagblad, Jan. 25, 2007

Dutch dismissal law is already flexible, Het Financieele Dagblad, Sept. 21, 2006

The CWI and the amendments to the Dismissal Decree and Appendix B, Labor Law 2003, 30

Reaction to "Is the ban on obstruction still of our time?", Social Law 2003, 4 (with Mr. A.M.J. Bouman)

The ban on obstruction is out of date, ArbeidsRecht 2002, 40 (with Mr. A.M.J. Bouman)

The BBA and the termination of assignment contracts, Labor Law 1999, 57