Inside the Netherlands we all know different forms of employment contracts. These agreements or Tijdelijke arbeidsovereenkomst are important once you begin doing work for a company. After all, you need to know where your rights and obligations lie and exactly how long your employment contract is. One of them agreements may be the fixed-term employment contract, what include the benefits of this employment contract in terms of other contracts as well as what must you take into account whenever you sign a real contract?
Temporary contract employment contract
A fixed-term employment contract is often a temporary contract with a definite start and end date. Sometimes it happens that an employment contract doesn't have any end date for some time. Here is the case, as an example, once you work with a project and aren't tied to hours. Think about freelance assignments as an example or ZZP.