HomepageTerms and conditions of employment
On this page you find rules and regulations in relations to drafting and applying terms and conditions of employment. For instance, you must take into account certain rights and obligations when 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.
- 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 ...
- Attachment of wages
When the employee is unable to fulfil his/her personal financial obligations, a bailiff can attach part of the ...
- CAO (Collective Labour Agreement)
If you run a company in the Netherlands, you may have to deal with collective labour agreements (CAOs), which ...
- Company car
If you run a business in the Netherlands and you or your employee/employees use a car on business trips, you may ...
- Contract of employment
A contract of employment is an agreement between an employee and an employer. You enter into a contract of ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Holiday entitlement
If you run a business in the Netherlands and you employ staff, or if your business has its registered office outside ...
- Leave schemes
Pursuant to the Work and Care Act (Wet arbeid en zorg, WAZO), employees in the Netherlands can invoke a number of ...
- 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 ...
- Pension funds
In the Netherlands, you are sometimes required to participate in a sectoral pension fund, including if you are ...
- Prenatal and childbirth allowance for self-employed people
If you are a female self-employed worker without employees who is based in the Netherlands, you are entitled to an ...
- 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 ...
- Salary slip
If you run a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, you must provide them with a salary slip at the time of ...
- 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 ...
- Working hours and rest times
If you run a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, or if your business has its registered office outside of ...
- Works Council or staff representation
Under the Works Councils Act (Wet op de ondernemingsraden, WOR) every business in the Netherlands with 50 employees ...
