There are two types of collective labour agreements, or CAO’s.
An industry-wide agreement and a company agreement.
An industry-level CAO contains agreements within a sector.
A company CAO contains conditions agreed within a company.
In certain cases, you must comply with a collective labour agreement, these are when...
you have concluded your own CAO with trade unions...
you are a member of an employers' organisation that has concluded a collective agreement for an industry sector...
...the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) has determined that a CAO is generally binding for your sector...
...you follow a collective labour agreement yourself.
Want to know more?
Read all about CAO’s and more on Business.gov.nl.