Michelle Vrolijk is co-founder of ITL Attorneys and partner at ITL Attorneys Netherlands.

Michelle has been working for the predecessor of ITL Attorneys Netherlands (Vallenduuk Transport Advocaten) since 2010. In 2013 she became an attorney and in 2020 she joined the firm as a partner. In 2022, Michelle became co-owner of the law firm together with partners Kevin Vierhout and Christian Hofman.

Within the transport and logistics sector, Michelle specializes in international labor law and collective labor agreements (CLA’s). She mainly handles cases concerning international posting of workers and cross-border employment mobility, as well as CLA compliancy cases (both collective and individual).

Michelle writes monthly articles for Logistiek.nl.

Pursuant to Article 35b, first paragraph, of the Legal Profession Regulations (Regeling op de Advocatuur), Michelle Vrolijk is registered in the register of legal areas (rechtsgebiedenregister) of the Dutch Bar Association in the following main (and sub) legal areas:

1. Labour law

  • international labour law

On the basis of this registration, the lawyer is obliged to obtain ten training points every calendar year in each registered main legal area in accordance with the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.

My insights

This article previously appeared on Nieuwsblad Transport.nl: The rules regarding secondment in road transport - part 2.

Earlier I wrote an article about the new rules from the Mobility Package that pertain to posting drivers.

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Article on Logistiek.nl: the rules regarding secondment in road transport - part 1

This article previously appeared on Logistiek.nl: https://www.logistiek.nl/184616/de-regels-omtrent-detachering-in-het-wegtransport-deel-1

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The trees in the forest of timekeeping part 2: deduction of the pause rule

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about correcting hours worked based on standard target times.

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