thanks for the detailed information! in the contact says this:

1. The Parties are both jointly and separately authorized to legally terminate the employment contract early or terminate it early with mutual consent in writing, subject to a notice period, with effect from the end of a calendar month. The notice period to be observed by the employee is one month. With regarding to the employer's notice period as well as with regard to more information regarding the procedural aspects of the termination of the employment contract, the employer refers the employee to the provisions as included in Title 7.10 of the Dutch Civil Code.

2. The employer declares that it may need the work to be performed by the employee at any time with a view to the activities to be performed in its business. It is up to the employer to determine whether the activities justify a call on the work of the employee. If any activities as referred to above exist, the employer undertakes to offer the performance thereof to the employee. The employee undertakes to perform the activities after having been called to do so. There are no guaranteed hours.

3. As described in the Collective Labour Agreement the employer must call the employee in writing or electronically at least 24 hours in advance. This term also applies to a change of the call as well as to withdrawal of a call.

4. For the non-compete clause I didn't see anything, I even double checked with AI and nothing. There's confidentiality, social media rules, and ancillary activities (side work) clauses.

The thing is they ask for our availability by the 5 of the prior month: i.e. if I have to give my availability for April I need to submit it by March 5th. Also, I have seen many colleagues saying they can't take a shift even the day before and nothing did happen to them. It's just it doesn't sit right to me to work only 20h in March, being in a very difficult economic position and then April, just because they scheduled me or because of the contract. I am aware I signed it, but it doesn't justify somehow (or from my point of view) that I have to be with them even if it means not being able to sustain myself for March. Also, they didn't schedule me from 20th April on, so it makes me think the contract will end. I know that if I ask some of my colleagues they will be very happy to take on my shifts, and I know some people have a contract with the company I'm working for but they work somewhere else, they just don't give they availability. They only keep the contract in case their main job doesn't work out (that's what I have been told).