Netherlands: Recruitment and selection
Updating author: Wouter Engelsman and Jasper Hoffstedde, CLINT | Littler
Original authors: Mark Carley and Robbert H. van het Kaar
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Summary
- Direct and indirect discrimination in access to employment is prohibited on various grounds. (See Discrimination)
- There are rules about what job advertisements can and cannot state. (See Advertising vacancies)
- Apart from discrimination law, there is no general statutory framework governing recruitment and selection. (See General)
- The minimum age for "regular" employment is 16, although there are special rules regarding anyone under the age of 18. (See Young people and children)
- There are special measures for employing individuals who have reached state pension or retirement age. (See People who have reached state pension or retirement age)
- There are restrictions on the employment of nationals of countries outside the pre-2013 EU member states and the EEA countries. (See Foreign nationals)
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