Ephraim Dekkers joined Pels Rijcken in 2016. As head of the Employment and Public Service Law department, Ephraim is involved in a wide range of issues. He advises, litigates and lectures on issues such as inappropriate conduct, whistleblowers, equal treatment, co-determination and dismissal. He is also specialised in legislation relating to the standardisation of the legal status of civil servants (Wnra), which gives him in-depth knowledge about and expertise in the interface between civil service and employment law, i.e. 'public employment law'.
Ephraim studied Dutch Private Law at Utrecht University and studied at the University of Xiamen in China for six months. Ephraim is a member of the Dutch Association of Employment Lawyers (VAAN) and the Dutch Young Employment Lawyers Association (VJAA), on behalf of which he organised a seminar on discrimination in employment law and spoke about standardisation of civil servants at the labour law conference LabourLawLands. He is also a member of the Civil Servants & Law Association (VA&R), at whose request he contributed an article about the adoption of the Public Servants (Standardization of Legal Status) Act to the book 'Van ambtenaar naar ambtenaar' ('From civil servant to civil servant'). In 2020, Ephraim completed the postgraduate programme in Employment Law.
Recommendations
- "Ephraim Dekkers is approachable and is very dedicated. No matter what time or day, he is always willing to help and advise. Ephraim is reliable and always delivers. As someone who didn’t study law, I appreciate the way Ephraim is always willing and able to explain things to me. Also he takes my opinion and point of view seriously." - The Legal 500, 2024
- Recommended for Employment - The Legal 500, 2024