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On this page you find rules and regulations in relation to hiring permanent or temporary staff. For instance, you must comply with rules governing employment contracts, professional qualifications and establishing the identity of prospective staff. In some cases, you may be eligible for a subsidy for hiring staff when, for instance, you employ someone who is partially unfit for work or someone who is unemployed.
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- 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 cases ...
- Certificate of good conduct (VOG) (individuals)
A certificate of good conduct (Verklaring omtrent het gedrag, VOG) is a document by which the Dutch Minister of ...
- Citizen service number or tax and social insurance number
When you register with a Dutch municipality, you will receive a citizen service number (burgerservicenummer, BSN). ...
- Contract of employment
A contract of employment is an agreement between an employee and an employer. You enter into a contract of ...
- Declaration of Independent Contractor Status (VAR)
If you work in the Netherlands as an independent worker without employees (zzp’er) or a freelance worker, your ...
- E101/A1 statement
Are you an employer or intermediary based outside of the Netherlands and do you intend to have an employee work for ...
- 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 ...
- Employment of young people
In the Netherlands special rules apply to employment of young people regarding the kind of work and their working ...
- Equal treatment and pay
If you run a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, or if your business has its registered office outside of ...
- Family members who work in the company
Several arrangements are possible when your partner starts working for your company: You do not pay your ...
- First-day notification
If you own a company in the Netherlands and you hire new employees, the Tax and Customs Administration ...
- Foreign personnel
If you have a company in the Netherlands and you are looking for personnel, you are obliged to recruit first of all ...
- Knowledge workers
If you run a business in the Netherlands and you wish to employ a knowledge worker or knowledge migrant from a ...
- Medical examination
During a job interview, you may not ask any questions about the applicant's health. The only medical ...
- Minimum wage
If you run a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, or if your business has its registered office outside of ...
- Professional qualifications
You do not require a separate qualification to establish a business in the Netherlands. However, you are only ...
- Registration as a work placement company
If your company wants to offer apprenticeships or work experience places to students in vocational secondary ...
- Social security when living and working in different EU Member States
EU Member States have concluded multilateral agreements on social security for employees and self-employed workers ...
- 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 ...
- Staying in the Netherlands
If you intend to stay in the Netherlands for some time or permanently for your business, you must fulfil a number of ...
- Trainees
Trainees are employees who work for your company as part of their training/education. In the Netherlands, some of ...
- Verifying the identity of employees
If you have a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, you must verify the identity of all workers on the basis ...
- Work performed by persons over 65
If you run a business in the Netherlands and have an employee who is 65 or older whom you would like to keep, then ...
- Work permit for employees
If you run a business in the Netherlands and intend to employ foreign workers on a permanent or temporary basis, or ...
- Work permit for self-employed workers
If you run a business in the Netherlands and intend to outsource work to a self-employed worker abroad, or if you ...
