This contribution discusses the Dutch possibilities of collective redress in the domain of labour law. More specifically, it examines the legal options of bringing collective actions and obtaining collective redress in Dutch courts in labour cases, and elaborates on the relevant legal framework as well as the extent to which these opportunities have been used in practice. Findings imply that the Netherlands was among one of the first European countries to introduce a general collective action system. This general collective action regime allows unions and other interest groups to raise cases to protect workers’ rights, even outside the scope of collective labour agreements. Such a collective action regime, however, is not commonly used in practice. Nevertheless, as of January 2020 the admissibility criteria for this general collective redress mechanism have been expanded and it has become an ‘opt-out’ regime, without the need for individual workers to initiate individual follow-up proceedings in the event of a successful case. The latter could improve the effective enforcement of workers’ rights in practice and could provide an incentive for trade unions and other organisations that are active in the protection of workers’ rights to incite a collective action.

该文稿讨论了荷兰在劳动法领域进行集体补救的可能性。更具体地说，它研究了在荷兰法院在劳动案件中提起集体诉讼和获得集体补救的法律选择，并详细阐述了相关的法律框架以及这些机会在实践中的利用程度。调查结果表明，荷兰是最早引入一般集体行动系统的欧洲国家之一。这种普遍的集体行动制度允许工会和其他利益团体提出案件以保护工人的权利，即使是在集体劳动协议的范围之外。然而，这种集体行动制度在实践中并不常用。尽管如此，自 2020 年 1 月起，此一般集体补救机制的受理标准已扩大，已成为“选择退出”制度，如果案件成功，则无需个别工人启动个人后续程序。后者可以在实践中改善工人权利的有效执行，并可以激励积极保护工人权利的工会和其他组织煽动集体行动。