Montse Rodríguez Escudero

Montse Rodríguez Escudero

Mediator & Senior Associate | Attorney at law

Employment & Employee Participation & Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

Montse Rodríguez Escudero is an experienced and motivated attorney who is always enthusiastic about helping her clients. She deals with almost all aspects of employment law, and the broad field of employment participation law, in which she specialises. She also specialises in collective labour agreement matters and transfers of undertaking.

Montse’s clients appreciate her shrewdness, commitment and solution-oriented approach. Montse is also registered as a mediator with the Netherlands Federation of Mediators (Mediatorsfederatie Nederland, MfN).

Education

Montse studied law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and successfully completed the Postgraduate Course in Employment Law. She has also completed various mediation courses.

Career

In 1996, Montse was sworn in and began her career as an attorney with a large international law firm before joining De Clercq in 2005.

Montse’s daily practice

‘I assist large and medium-sized companies, directors and works councils with a variety of matters such as restructuring, reorganisation, outsourcing, transfers of undertaking and collective labour agreement issues. I also advise works councils and directors on employment participation relations in both national and international corporations. In addition to this, I deal with individual and collective dismissal processes, and sick employees. I regularly give courses and workshops in employment law and employment participation law to works councils and HR managers. I also serve as a mediator in employment law matters, and in cases between members of works councils and/or between works councils and their director. Furthermore, I train mediators on the employment law aspects of mediation at the Centre for Conflict Management in Haarlem.’

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

The WHOA and employee rights

10 July 2025

In our previous HERO blog, we discussed the role of works councils in a WHOA procedure. It became clear that the legislator considers it essential for employee participation to be involved at an early stage of a WHOA process. After all, a WHOA procedure can ultimately have significant consequences for employees. For instance, how are employee rights arising from employment contracts handled? And is it possible to terminate these contracts through a WHOA agreement? In this blog, we will explore these questions in more detail, including a discussion of relevant case law.

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

How can employee participation in healthcare be designed to be future-proof?

8 July 2025

In a recent report by the Governance Innovation and Advisory Committee (IAC), titled ‘Employee Participation and Co-Determination in Healthcare: Towards Innovative Forms of Participation?’, healthcare organizations share their experiences with new forms of input, engagement, and decision-making. The conclusion: formal councils are valuable, but no longer always align with today’s complex healthcare organizations.

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

“Healthy towards retirement”: extension of RVU levy relief for physically demanding work

13 June 2025

On 28 May 2025, Minister Van Hijum (Social Affairs and Employment) informed the House of Representatives about the implementation f the agreements from the “Healthy towards retirement” accord. This negotiated agreement between the government and representatives of employers and employees was presented on 18 October 2024 and focuses on measures to help workers reach retirement age in good health. A key element is the adjustment and extension of the relief from the final levy on early retirement schemes (RVU). This blog briefly explains what an RVU is and outlines the proposed changes.

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