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).
Montse studied law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and successfully completed the Postgraduate Course in Employment Law. She has also completed various mediation courses.
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.
‘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
17 December 2025
Around holidays and company events, questions often arise about alcohol and drug use in the workplace. More and more employers are adopting a zero-tolerance policy, but that does not always mean it is applied correctly.
Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation
16 December 2025
The European Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) aims to reduce the pay gap between men and women. This requires organizations to be more transparent about remuneration, both towards job applicants and towards employees and supervisory bodies. The Netherlands must transpose this European Directive into national legislation. Although a bill has already been proposed, the transposition of the Directive into national legislation has been postponed until 1 January 2027.
Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation
16 December 2025
The Minister of Social Affairs and Employment stated in a parliamentary letter ated 11 December 2025 that the bill concerning the compensation of the transition payment in cases of long-term incapacity for work must be dealt with urgently.