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Terms and conditions of employment

You must take into account certain rights and obligations when drafting and applying terms and conditions of employment regarding, for instance, pay, work and rest periods, medical examinations and holiday entitlement. Collective labour agreements (CAOs) often include terms and conditions of employment in a specific sector.

Below is an overview of the rules and regulations, subsidies and taxes in relation to the topic “Terms and conditions of employment”.

  1. Accommodation for foreign workers

    If you have a company in the Netherlands and you employ foreign workers on a temporary basis, you will in some ...

  2. Attachment of wages

    When the employee is unable to fulfil his/her personal financial obligations, a bailiff can attach part of the ...

  3. CAO (Collective Labour Agreement)

    If you run a company in the Netherlands, you may have to deal with collective labour agreements (CAOs), which specify ...

  4. Employee insurance schemes and national insurance

    If you have a company in the Netherlands, you may have to deal with employee insurance schemes and national insurance, ...

  5. Equal treatment and pay

    Employers in the Netherlands may not discriminate on the grounds of religion, philosophy of life, political persuasion, ...

  6. Family members who work in the company

    Several arrangements are possible when your partner starts working for your company: You do not pay your partner ...

  7. Holiday entitlement

    In the Netherlands employees are entitled to holiday with retention of pay. The statutory number of days’ leave ...

  8. Leave schemes

    Pursuant to the Work and Care Act (Wet arbeid en zorg, WAZO), employees in the Netherlands can invoke a number ...

  9. Life-course savings scheme

    The life-course savings scheme enables your employees to save part of their gross salary in order to finance a ...

  10. Medical examination

    During a job interview, you may not ask any questions about the applicant's health. The only medical examinations ...

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  1. Minimum wage

    If you run a business in the Netherlands and intend to employ staff, or if your business has its registered office ...

  2. Prenatal and childbirth allowance for self-employed people

    Self-employed women are pursuant to the Work and Care Act (Wet arbeid en zorg) entitled to a benefit when they ...

  3. Professional qualifications

    You do not require a separate qualification to establish a business in the Netherlands. However, you are only allowed ...

  4. Salary slip

    If you run a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, you must provide them with a salary slip at the time ...

  5. Stand-by employees

    A stand-by employee is one who only comes to work when called upon to do so. The rules with which you must comply ...

  6. Work placement company, registration as a

    If your company wants to offer apprenticeships or work experience places to students in vocational secondary education ...

  7. Working hours and rest times

    If you have a company in the Netherlands and you employ personnel, you will be required to comply with the Working ...

  8. Pension funds

    In the Netherlands, you are sometimes required to participate in a sectoral pension fund, including if you are ...

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