{"id":7002,"date":"2024-02-27T09:42:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kc-advocaten.nl\/expertise\/collective-labor-agreement-cao-law\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:55:12","slug":"collective-labor-agreement-cao-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kc-advocaten.nl\/en\/expertise\/collective-labor-agreement-cao-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Labor Agreement (CAO) Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7002\" class=\"elementor elementor-7002 elementor-5629\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5509beb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5509beb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3340be17\" data-id=\"3340be17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b41fb5c elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b41fb5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kc-advocaten.nl\/expertise\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to expertise<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86fb34e elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"86fb34e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-819fb98\" data-id=\"819fb98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13798dbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13798dbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Collective Labor Agreement (CAO) Law<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23266a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23266a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A collective labour agreement (\u2018CLA\u2019) is an agreement entered into between one or more employers (or employers\u2019 organisations) and one or more employees\u2019 organisations. The collective agreement serves to compensate for the individual employee\u2019s weak negotiating position.<\/p><p>A collective agreement mainly sets out terms and conditions of employment, such as pay levels, working conditions and working hours. A collective agreement can therefore be regarded as a supplementary arrangement to the individual employment contract. The collective agreement may apply to an individual employment contract in various ways:<\/p><ul><li>being bound by membership of one of the parties to the collective labour agreement;<\/li><li>incorporation clause;<\/li><li>collective agreement declared generally binding (AVV);<\/li><\/ul><p>If the employer is a member of the employers\u2019 organisation that has concluded the collective agreement and the employee is a member of the employees\u2019 organisation or trade union that has concluded the collective agreement, the parties are bound by the collective agreement. However, for the collective agreement to apply, it is important that the parties fall within its scope. The term \u2018scope\u2019 refers to the company or companies and the employees to whom the collective agreement applies. Every collective agreement contains a provision setting out its scope.<\/p><p>A collective agreement also applies if the employer and the employee have agreed to this in the individual employment contract and \u2018incorporate\u2019 the collective agreement into it. If an incorporation clause is included in the employment contract, both parties are obliged to comply with the rights and obligations arising from the collective agreement.<\/p><p>A collective agreement may also be declared generally binding by the Minister for Social Affairs and Employment (SZW). If the individual parties then fall within the scope of the collective agreement, they are bound by its provisions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>back to expertise Collective Labor Agreement (CAO) Law A collective labour agreement (\u2018CLA\u2019) is an agreement entered into between one or more employers (or employers\u2019 organisations) and one or more employees\u2019 organisations. The collective agreement serves to compensate for the individual employee\u2019s weak negotiating position. 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