Current affairs

This is update no. 9 on the coronavirus. Information is provided below on the extension and amendment of the Employment Bridging Emergency Fund (Dutch: NOW). On 20 May, Minister Koolmees (Social Affairs and Employment (SZW)) announced an NOW 2.0. Those measures follow the first emergency fund (17 March 2020).

This is update number 8 about the corona virus. Please find below information on the announcement from minister Koolmees about the cancellation of the dismissal reduction in the second support package and the (revised) view of the Dutch Data Protection Agency (Dutch DPA) regarding measuring the temperature of employees.

This is update number 7 of our ongoing Q&A about Corona. Please find below some information about the addendum published by the UWV to the Gatekeeper Improvement Act (Wet Verbetering Poortwachter) in connection with corona virus, the tool for calculating the amount of the allowance based on the NOW scheme and recent changes to the NOW scheme. NOW is the abbreviation in Dutch for the Emergency Bridging Measure for the Preservation of Jobs.

Hereby update nr 6 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 5 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 4 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 3 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

Hereby update nr 2 of our Q&A Coronavirus.

We are receiving a lot of questions about the position of employers in connection with coronavirus. We have therefore compiled a number of points to consider and useful sources of information. Below we also provide answers to frequently asked questions.

Dutch government will postpone the cuts to the 30% reimbursement ruling (the ‘30% ruling’) for two years. In other words: those employees receiving the tax benefit and who would have lost it in 2019, will continue to receive it until 2021, when the duration of the benefit will be cut from eight to five years.