New legal position for Dutch civil servants

The government has tabled the new version of the Civil Servants (Normalisation of Legal Status) Act (WNRA) which will take effect on 1 January 2020. The flagship change is that newly-recruited civil servants will no longer be appointed but will have an open-ended employment contract. Collective labour agreements will stipulate promotion methods, work organisation and compensation. The only exceptions will be for employees of the police force and the defence organisation, judges and public prosecutors.