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How to Engage your (Newly) Remote Employees
10-04-20
Plenty of businesses are concerned about how to keep their employees engaged with their work, despite these difficult times of self-isolation. Employee engagement is tough enough to achieve – even when the entire team works in the same building. Promoting ...
Coronavirus and Work: What to Expect
07-04-20
These are certainly unusual and challenging times for us all. The coronavirus is impacting our lives in ways we never expected. However, the impact this pandemic will have on jobs and businesses has been one of biggest concerns so far. Fortunately, ...
Choosing Your Business Structure in the Netherlands
26-03-20
The choice of business structure can have a huge impact on your bookkeeping, tax and legal liability, so it’s fundamental to think about your options carefully when setting up a business in the Netherlands. Dutch civil law provides a variety ...
How To Register Your Business In The Netherlands
25-03-20
One of the most important first steps to establish your business in the Netherlands is to register your business with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koohandel (KvK)). The Chamber of Commerce is the institution in the Netherlands that ...
Important Changes in Dutch Labour Law 2020
20-03-20
EDIT: Employer obligations for April 1st has been extended to July 1st in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Balanced Labour Market Law (Wet Arbeidsmarkt in Balans (WAB)) rolled out in the Netherlands and presents several important changes to Dutch ...
Octagon x Swisscom Daybreaker Experience
25-02-20
On 5th February 2020, Octagon and Swisscom hosted an event called “Swisscom Daybreaker Experience ” at Swisscom office in Rotterdam along with the help of Energy Up. The aim of the event is to help our employees start their day with energy and ...
Octagon Summer Event 2019
12-07-19
The Octagon Summer Event 2019 in Rotterdam has proven to be a huge success, a fantastic day with remarkable people and beautiful weather. Below a small impressum of the sail through Rotterdam.
Octagon Team Event April 2019
08-04-19
Another interesting team event at the Octagon HQ in The Hague. We’ve been updated on Dutch Tax Law by Bas Jorissen, educated on the perfect healthy body posture and quick muscle recovery techniques by Darren Wu and inspired by Ing. ...