Joost Kokje

Joost has more than a decade of experience in a number of legal areas. As a lawyer, Joost has committed himself to employment related matters, in particular European and international labour law, restructuring and flexible employment (i.e. platform workers and outsourcing). Within the Employment, Pensions and Mobility practice group at Taylor Wessing Netherlands, Joost mostly works with internationally oriented companies, solving labour related difficulties in amicable and innovative ways.

Joost publishes regularly on topics related to Dutch and international labour law. He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association Netherlands (VAAN) the Dutch Employment Law Association (VvA), the Association of young employment laywers (VJAA), the International Association of Young Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar Association. In 2021, Joost cum laude finished the postgraduate training Employment Law at the Grotius Academy.

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Career

Since 2021	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2021	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2020	Associate, De Clercq

Education

2021	Post-academic specialisation training Employment Law, Grotius Academy (Cum Laude)
2018	Vocational training, the Netherlands Bar Association
2014	LLM civil law, Leiden University

2013

LLM Dutch law, Leiden University

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Publications

Niet kunnen of willen werken tijdens de coronacrisis: wie betaalt dat?, HR Rendement, November 2020
Alles op de schop, OR Rendement, September 2020
WAB onder de loep na woelig half jaar, HR Rendement, August 2020
Komt tijd, komt uw raad!, OR Rendement, June 2020.
Coronavirus: uw plichten, HR Rendement, April 2020 and OR Rendement, April 2020 (cross-posted).
Een kennismaking met de juridische consequenties van platformarbeid, HR Rendement, March 2020 and Balans, March 2020 (cross-posted).
Nieuwe regels detachering, HR Rendement, October 2019
De zoektocht naar flexibele arbeid in het arbeidsrecht. PostNL onder vuur, Fiscaal up to date, January 2019
Ryanair voor de rechter. Wat is er aan de hand?, Fiscaal up to date, December 2018
Status van de stichting bestuurders. What’s old, what’s new?, Fiscaal up to date, September 2018
Vanuit een EU-lidstaat naar een Nederlands bedrijf detacheren: op welke minimum arbeidsvoorwaarden kunt u dan aanspraak maken?, Over de Grens, October 2017
Als franchisenemers toch werknemers blijken te zijn – de gevolgen van afschaffing van VAR voor franchisegevers en- nemers, Arbeid en Onderneming, December 2016
Wil de aantrekkelijkste flexkracht nu opstaan?, Loonzaken, June 2016
Uitgestelde prestatieplicht niet zo vrijblijvend, Loonzaken, March 2016

Memberships & Associations

Employment Lawyers Association Netherlands (VAAN)
Dutch organisation for Employment Law (Vereniging voor Arbeidsrecht)
Association of young employment laywers (VJAA)
Amsterdam Bar Association
International Association of Young Lawyers
Author HR Rendement and OR Rendement
Counsel of members Dierenbescherming (animal protection)