What does the duty to report mean for foreign citizens working in the Netherlands?
Employers from other EU/EEA member states and Switzerland must give advance notice of work being performed and of the arrival of their employees coming to the Netherlands on a temporary assignment. They can do so in the Dutch online notification portal (postedworkers.nl).
Checking reported information about foreign workers
The Dutch client or company must check whether notification has been given of the foreign workers and whether the information is correct, and must report any errors through the online notification portal (postedworkers.nl).
Who has a duty to report?
The duty to notify applies to self-employed persons in certain sectors and employers from the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland who will be working in the Netherlands temporarily. This includes:
- self-employed persons and foreign employers who come to the Netherlands with their own personnel;
- multinational companies that post employees to their own offices in the Netherlands;
- temporary employment agencies that assign agency workers to a temporary job in the Netherlands.
Where can I find the regulations on the duty to report?
You can find the regulations, in Dutch, at wetten.overheid.nl. Specifically, they are set out in the Employment Conditions (Posted Workers in the European Union) Act and the Employment Conditions (Posted Workers in the European Union) Decree.