Employee Rights in Bankruptcy, a Comparative-Law Assessment
Blanpain, Roger / Jacobs, A. T. J. M.
In recent years, a number of company bankruptcies in Europe - particularly in the Netherlands - have exposed serious gaps in the securing by law of reparations due to employees. As matters stand, employees - who were dependent upon the bankruptcy not only for their income but also for their employment and social security - have little to expect in terms of payment of arrears of pay, protection against dismissal, continued employment in the eve...