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Flex work for every type of labour
24-11-2017Correlations can be found between the type of flex work and the nature of the activities carried out and between the type of flex work and the profession (Inaugural lecture Wendy Smit).
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Weighing career prospects pays off for vocational education students
17-11-2017Vocational education students who carefully weighed the associated career prospects when choosing a degree programme were more likely to succeed on the labour market.
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Reaction report ‘Cross-border workers in Europe’ by Ministry of the Interior to address the progress of cross-border cooperation
12-09-2017The Ministry of the Interior has written a response to the report ‘Cross-border workers in Europe’ (Grenswerkers in Europa) in a Letter to Parliament. Furthermore the minister addresses the progress of cross-border cooperation.
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Labour market for school leavers is better but still not ideal
05-09-2017Release of the ROA report on school leavers 2016.
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People with a job learn most during their work
19-07-2017People with a job tend to learn more when carrying out their daily tasks and collaborating with experienced colleagues.
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Doctorate removes tax barriers for EU-citizens who work across the border
17-07-2017On 12 July 2017 the defence of PhD Thesis of Dr Hannelore Niesten (joint doctorate UHasselt/UM) took place. The joint doctorate of Dr Hannelore Niesten was carried out under supervisors Prof. Dr. Elly Van de Velde (UHasselt) and Dr. Marjon Weerepas (Maastricht University). The University of Hasselt pubslished an article about the PhD thesis regarding the tax barriers of free movement of persons in the EU.
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Learning at the workplace for auditors
18-05-2017Therese Grohnert, PhD candidate at Maastricht University, wanted to know why audit firms sometimes form insufficiently supported judgements on their clients’ financial statements.
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‘Sorry seems to be the hardest word’
24-04-2017In a recent article published in the prestigious Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Gijs van Dijck, professor of Private Law at Maastricht University, examined whether court-ordered apologies serve a purpose.
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Restorative justice should be further integrated into criminal law
20-02-2017Stichting Restorative Justice Nederland (Netherlands Restorative Justice Foundation, RJN) and Maastricht University (UM) will submit a joint bill proposal to the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Security and Justice this Tuesday.