On 1 August, the new legislation regarding a central register for disqualifications came into effect. In the past, disqualifications issued by the courts often seemed to fail to achieve their purpose as there was no suitable follow-up mechanism. The central register is intended to change this situation.

From 1 September 2023, tighter regulations are set to be implemented for the recovery of any overdue debt payments owed by consumers to businesses. These new regulations will not apply in cases where two businesses have entered into an agreement with one another (B2B).

In only a few more weeks, the current year will come to an end. Perhaps your employees have not yet taken their full holiday allowance, especially if they were temporarily unemployed due to the Covid pandemic this year. What happens to such leftover holiday allowance? Must it be used up, carried over to the next year or paid out by the employer?