Article 7:671 Dutch Civil Code, Book 7

Paragraph 1

The employer may not validly terminate the employment contract by notice without the written consent of the employee, unless:

1. permission for the termination by notice has been granted as referred to in Article 671a;

2. the termination by notice takes place during the probationary period;

3. the termination by notice takes place pursuant to Article 677(1);

4. the termination by notice concerns an employee who usually, on fewer than four days a week, exclusively or almost exclusively performs services for the household of the natural person by whom he or she is employed, where the performance of services also includes the provision of care to the members of that household;

5. the termination by notice concerns a director of a legal person in respect of whom reinstatement of the employment contract pursuant to Book 2 of the Civil Code is not possible, or a director of a comparable foreign legal person;

6. the termination by notice concerns an employee who holds a spiritual office;

7. the termination by notice takes place pursuant to Article 669(4); or

8. the termination by notice concerns an employee working at a private school or institution (bijzondere school of instelling) as referred to in Article 1 of the Primary Education Act, Article 1.1 of the Secondary Education Act 2020, Article 1 of the Expertise Centres Act, Article 1.1.1 of the Adult and Vocational Education Act or Article 1.1 of the Higher Education and Research Act and the reason for the termination by notice lies in acts or omissions of the employee that are incompatible with the identity of the school or institution concerned arising from its religious or ideological foundation, provided that permission for the termination by notice has been granted by a committee that is independent of the employer and impartial, to which the rules referred to in Article 671a(2)(a) to (d) apply mutatis mutandis.

Paragraph 2

The employee has the right to revoke his or her consent as referred to in paragraph 1 within fourteen days after its date, without stating reasons, by means of a written statement addressed to the employer.

Paragraph 3

If the employer does not draw the employee's attention in writing to the right referred to in paragraph 2 within two working days after the consent at the latest, the period referred to in paragraph 2 is three weeks.

Paragraph 4

In so far as the consent was required under paragraph 1 for a valid termination by notice, the termination by notice is deemed not to have taken place after a revocation as referred to in paragraph 2.

Paragraph 5

Paragraphs 2 to 4 do not apply if, within six months after a revocation under paragraph 2 or a rescission as referred to in Article 670b(2), the employee again consents in writing to the termination by notice of the employment contract.

Paragraph 6

Any stipulation that excludes or limits the requirement of the written consent referred to in paragraph 1 or the right referred to in paragraph 2 is void.