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Prof. dr. Evert Verhulp
University of Amsterdam
Law Faculty
Room B 124
Oude Manhuispoort 4-6
1012 CN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)20 525 3465/ 3400
F +31 (0)20 525 3476
mob +31 6 137 37 624
Verhulp@uva.nl
Background
Evert Verhulp received his law degree at the University of Amsterdam in 1988. During the following four years he worked for the Dutch labour union AbvaKabo (union for employees workingfor the government or subsidised organisations) in Zoetermeerand Utrecht . Subsequently he workedfor the Legal Departmentof the FNV (Dutch Trade Union Federation) for another four years. In 1996 he became a sworn lawyer. In the meantime he started writing his dissertation on the freedom of speech of employees and public servants. He successfully defended his thesis in 1997. In his dissertation, Verhulp pleaded for legislation on the freedom of speech of employees. This plea has recently received increasing support. In 1997 Verhulp was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Labour and Social Security Law at the University of Amsterdam . Verhulp practised law until January 1 st , 2002. Asof that date, he was appointed full Professor of Labour Law. In 2003 he became substitute Deputy Justice at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, and in 2006 independent (appointed by the crown) member of the commission on employment, enterprise and codetermination of the Social Economic Council. Verhulp chairs the board of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies. On January 1th 2007 he was appointed as scientific director of the Hugo Sinzheimer Institute. In 2008/2009 Verhulp chaired an independent research mission to the Kyrgyz Republic at the request of the International Labour Organisation. Verhulp is a member of several editorial staffs and member of several independent committees, such as the Committee on integrity of the civil servants (Whistleblowercommittee ). See "de fascinatie" for a film of Verhulp, telling (in Dutch, with subtitles in English) about his fascination for labour and labour law. See the CV for further information about his work and activities.
the fascination
Current research
from 2003 untill 2008 Verhulp was involved as a coordinator in the multi-disciplinary research programme ‘Flexicurity: a New Paradigm for Labour Market and Employment Regulation?’ for one day a week (see link.) This three year programme (2005-2008) was financed by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and is continued untill 2012, financed by teh foundation SIG. The Hugo Sinzheimer Institute cooperates with the University of Tilburg in this project. See for more information the website of Reflect. Verhulp publishes about fundamental rights and labour law, and is working on collective labour law.
reflect
research interests
In his publications, Verhulp mainly addresses the law governing collective agreements, trade unionsm, dismissal and the functioning of basic laws in Labour law.
Teaching
Next year Verhulp will teach the following courses:
- Litigation in Social Law (moot court)
- Bachelor Labour Law
- Public Servants Law
- Labour Law Advanced Level
- Labour Law Capita Selecta
- Labour Law and Tax Law
- Labour Law: Takeovers and Reorganisations
Other activities
Until 2003 Verhulp worked as a lawyer besides his scientific activities. In 2003 he was appointed Substitute Judge at the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam. Furthermore, Verhulpis a member of the Commission for Integrity of the national government and the Commission for ‘Klokkenluiders’ (Whistleblowers) of Dutch municipalities. In 2006 he is appointed as an independent member to the Dutch Social Economic Council (SER). He is also member of the advice and arbitration comite (labour dispute settlements) of local governments. Verhulp had been chairman of the Dutch Society for Labour law from 2004 to 2009 (see link). He is editor of several Dutch journals on Labour law. See also the link to the CV on the Dutch pages.
www.verenigingvoorarbeidsrecht.nl
Publications
see also the Dutch page and see for publications:
publicatie-overzicht
UvA Dare
overview EU principles of EU Labour Law
Collective Bargaining in the Netherlands