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Dismissal: your rights, the procedure and practical first steps
A detailed guide to dismissal through UWV or the court, protection against dismissal, responding, payments and your first steps when your job is at risk.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingChecking a settlement agreement: payment, WW and conditions
Read a settlement agreement step by step: end date, payment, illness, WW, cooling-off period, full and final settlement and arrangements after leaving.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingSummary dismissal: deadlines, your response and income
What to do immediately after summary dismissal: record the reason, protect the two-month deadline, gather evidence and address wages and WW.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsFixed-term contracts: expiry, renewal and early termination
Check the end date, advance notification, chain rule, illness and final payments for a fixed-term employment contract.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsProbation: validity, duration and dismissal in the first weeks
Check whether your probationary period is valid, how long it may last and what dismissal during probation means for wages, illness and WW.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeChecking your salary: payslips, deductions and missing payments
Check gross salary, worked hours, supplements, deductions and bank payments. Establish the source of a wage discrepancy and the appropriate next step.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationIllness at work: wages, privacy, the occupational physician and your contract
Detailed guidance on reporting sickness, 70% wages, the first and second sickness years, medical privacy, reintegration and leaving employment while ill.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationReintegration during illness: plans, suitable work and a stalled process
Practical guidance on reintegration: problem analysis, plan of action, routes within and outside the employer, reviews, expert opinions and wage measures.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeAnnual leave: accrual, taking leave, expiry and payment
Calculate statutory leave hours and understand requests, sickness, expiry deadlines and the final statement.
Detailed explanationAt workWorking hours and rest: check your rota and breaks
Understand maximum hours, average working weeks, rest, breaks, night shifts, multiple jobs and unsafe rotas.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsNon-compete and relationship clauses: changing jobs without surprises
Check validity, duration, scope, penalties and options for release or judicial review of non-compete and relationship clauses.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeTransition payment: entitlement, calculation and payment in 2026
Check transition payment entitlement, which wages and service count and how to protect the three-month deadline.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeWW after dismissal: conditions, application and employer arrangements
Check WW eligibility, the weeks-worked requirement, lost hours, notice periods, settlement agreements, application timing and duties after an award.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsAgency work: contract phases, employment conditions and illness
Check your employer, the applicable cao and phase, wage comparisons and what an assignment ending or illness means.
Detailed explanationAt workBullying, harassment and discrimination at work: what can you do?
Practical routes for unwanted behaviour: recording facts, a confidential adviser, safety measures, complaints and discrimination.
Detailed explanationHelp & costsEmployment lawyer costs: fees, insurance and legal aid
Compare costs and funding for employment advice: fixed fees, hourly work, insurance, trade unions, employer contributions and subsidised legal aid.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationDismissal during illness: protection, exceptions and income
When can dismissal during illness be permitted? Check the prohibition on notice, an expiring contract, reintegration and the risks of a settlement agreement.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingDismissal for poor performance: improvement process and response
What must an employer substantiate when alleging poor performance? Read about clear objectives, support, training, redeployment and responding to a file.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingDismissal during pregnancy: what is and is not allowed?
Protection during pregnancy, leave, temporary contracts and probation. Learn which facts and deadlines matter when dismissal may be prohibited.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeAanzegvergoeding: late or missing renewal notification
When is compensation due for late notification? Check temporary contracts, written receipt, proportional calculation and the short application deadline.
Detailed explanationAt workResolving an employment conflict: records, discussions and legal routes
A practical plan for a dispute with your employer: distinguish work arrangements, mediation, illness, pay and possible termination carefully.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingCalculating notice periods: employee, employer and end date
Work out how notice interacts with your contract, cao, service length and notification date, with calendar-month explanations and practical examples.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsCheck your employment contract before signing
A thorough review of pay, hours, probation, cao, notice and restrictive clauses, including documents incorporated by reference.
Detailed explanationAt workWorkplace accident: reporting, evidence, pay and liability
What to arrange after an accident at work: medical help, facts, Labour Inspectorate notification, losses, continued pay and a safe return.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationSeeing the occupational physician: preparation, privacy and advice
What does the occupational physician do, and what may your employer know? Prepare for the appointment, check the report and choose a route if you doubt the advice.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsWhich cao applies? Coverage, pay and deviations
Determine the applicable collective agreement and version. Check scope, general binding effect, job grading and differing contractual terms.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationUWV expert opinion: question, evidence and next steps
When can a UWV expert opinion help with reintegration? Choose the right question, collect documents and understand the costs and implications for pay and work.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsChanging employment terms: what can your employer change unilaterally?
Check pay, hours, location or schemes in a change proposal: contract, collective agreement, variation clause, balancing interests and your response.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsSuccessive contracts: when does temporary work become permanent?
Check contract numbers, total duration, breaks and successive employers, including cao exceptions and future flexible-work legislation.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationPay stoppage or suspension during illness: the difference
Check a sick-pay measure: statutory reason, notification, the medical role, arrears and suitable steps in a dispute.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeMaking a wage claim: payment letter, evidence and proceedings
Prepare a wage claim with an itemised payment letter, evidence for each period and the correct subdistrict-court procedure.
Detailed explanationHelp & costsEmployment mediation: preparation, arrangements and outcomes
What workplace mediation does, how confidentiality and voluntary participation work, and what to agree about costs, illness, deadlines and a possible VSO.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsMin-max contracts: guaranteed hours and availability
What do minimum and maximum hours mean? Check pay when there is no work, extra calls, illness, hours offers and availability.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeChecking the 2026 minimum wage: hourly rate, age and deductions
From 1 July 2026 the statutory minimum is €14.99 per hour for employees aged 21 or older. Check age, pay period, paid hours and deductions.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsZero-hours contracts: pay, calls and fixed hours
Your rights on a zero-hours contract: call notice, cancellation, minimum pay per call, illness and an offer of fixed working hours.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingTermination by mutual agreement: from proposal to departure
What happens after the first termination proposal? Prepare discussions, compare alternatives and plan signing, the cooling-off period and settlement.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsOn-call worker rights: schedules, pay and security
Understand on-call rights: identify your contract, check calls and substantiate missing payments or a claim for fixed hours.
Detailed explanationAt workParental leave: plan hours, pay and your application
Calculate your parental leave and plan the nine partially paid weeks. Read about scheduling, UWV, multiple employers, illness and changing jobs.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeOvertime pay or time off in lieu: your rights
Check instructions, time records, collective-agreement premiums, time off in lieu, minimum wage and working and rest time when you work extra hours.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingRestructuring and dismissal: selection, redeployment and your response
What to check in a redundancy dismissal: necessity, selection rules, suitable jobs, a social plan, UWV and compensation.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsFalse self-employment: does your work count as employment?
Assess the reality behind a freelance contract. Read about direction, entrepreneurship, evidence, tax enforcement and the introduction of the hourly-rate presumption.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationRequesting a second occupational physician opinion: when and how?
If you doubt occupational physician advice, you can consult another physician. Read about requesting it, independence, costs, consent and next steps.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationDormant employment after illness: end it or keep it?
What does dormant employment mean for work, pay and transition compensation? Read about the Xella principle, reintegration and a careful termination proposal.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingSocial plan during restructuring: check entitlements and choices
Read a social plan with a purpose: scope, compensation, redeployment, training, voluntary departure, hardship provisions and your individual VSO.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsTraining-cost clauses: when must you repay a course?
Check mandatory training, repayment terms, the reducing balance, cost calculation and deductions from final pay.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeCalculating holiday allowance: accrual, payment and departure
Check the basis and accrual period for holiday allowance, including overtime, illness, all-in pay and the final account on dismissal.
Detailed explanationAt workApplying for leave: which scheme fits your situation?
Distinguish holidays, emergencies, care, parenting and special leave. Check duration, payment, applications and the collective agreement before booking time off.
Detailed explanationDismissal & leavingResigning: notice, end date and income risks
What to check before resigning: fixed-term contracts, notice, a new job, WW, illness, restrictions and final accounts.
Detailed explanationSickness & reintegrationLeaving employment while ill: contract end, sickness benefit and your file
What to arrange when your contract ends while you are ill: UWV notification, reintegration report, benefits, a self-insured employer and final accounts.
Detailed explanationAt workEmergency leave: unexpected emergency, notification and pay
Read when emergency leave or short absence leave is appropriate, how long it lasts and what to do if there is a discussion about wages or holiday hours.
Detailed explanationAt workDiscrimination at work: evidence, complaints and next steps
Identify prohibited distinctions, prepare a factual record and choose employer, anti-discrimination service, College or court routes.
Detailed explanationAt workBirth leave for partners: the first week and additional leave
Read how paid birth leave and additional partner leave work, what time limits apply and how to check your income and schedule.
Detailed explanationAt workWhistleblowing: reporting wrongdoing and protection from retaliation
Assess work-related wrongdoing, choose an internal or external report and prepare evidence, confidentiality and support against retaliation.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsSecondary employment: a second job or business alongside your Dutch job
When can an employer restrict outside work? Check objective reasons, working time, conflicts of interest and written permission.
Detailed explanationPay & incomePension through your employer: accrual, premium and new rules
Check your pension scheme, missing accrual and the transition to new rules. Read what questions to ask in case of leave, illness and departure.
Detailed explanationAt workPrivacy at work: monitoring, cameras and employment data
Assess employee monitoring, hidden surveillance, works-council involvement, personnel data and a targeted privacy request.
Detailed explanationContracts & termsNon-solicitation clauses: customers, contacts and changing jobs
Assess customer definitions, social media, fixed-term contracts, exemptions and penalties under a Dutch non-solicitation clause.
Detailed explanationAt workWorking from home: requests, safe workplaces and hybrid arrangements
Prepare a home-working request and assess refusal, equipment, availability, expenses, privacy and working abroad.
Detailed explanationPay & incomeEmployer bankrupt: wages, insolvency trustee, UWV and a new job
Read what you arrange in the event of bankruptcy or permanent inability to pay: documents, resignation letter, UWV wage guarantee and remaining claims.
Detailed explanationAt workCare leave: short-term and long-term leave for a loved one
Check when care leave is possible, how many hours you can take, what is paid and how to assess an application or refusal.
Detailed explanationAt workPregnancy and maternity leave: duration, application and income
Plan maternity leave, check the WAZO benefit and read what changes due to illness, multiple births or an expiring contract.
Detailed explanationSources and editorial notes
This overview links to our guides, opinion articles and tools. Each substantive piece lists the sources used for it.
- Publisher: RijksoverheidRijksoverheid: arbeidsovereenkomst en caorijksoverheid.nlhttps://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/arbeidsovereenkomst-en-cao
- Publisher: RechtspraakRechtspraak: ontslagproceduresrechtspraak.nlhttps://www.rechtspraak.nl/onderwerpen/ontslag/verzoekschriftprocedure-werknemer
- Publisher: Arboportaal · Ministerie van SZWArboportaal: arbeidsomstandighedenarboportaal.nlhttps://www.arboportaal.nl/
The source publications are in Dutch. All language editions cover Dutch law.