If your employees meet the conditions, UWV will transfer the unemployment benefits to you. This only applies to the hours for which you have a permit. UWV then reimburses the hours that the employees did not work during the permit period. UWV pays unemployment benefit to employer After reporting and after the permit period has expired, you can apply for unemployment benefits for your staff at UWV. You must report the receipt of the short-time work permit to UWV immediately. Applying for unemployment benefit for staff The working time reduction may not exceed 24 weeks in total. Is there no improvement in your company after the permit has expired? Then you can request an extension of the permit. The more complete the application, the faster the ministry can process it. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment tries to process applications as quickly as possible. ![]() You will find the login details for ‘Mijnzaak’ in the confirmation of receipt of your request. Via ‘Mijnzaak’ you can find out who is handling your request, you can contact the practitioner directly. If you are granted the permit, notify the Employment Insurance Agency (UWV) immediately, using this form (in Dutch). The Ministry is working hard to solve this problem. Please note: Are you having trouble accessing the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Work? In all likelihood, it is overloaded. You apply online for a reduction of working hours permit (in Dutch) to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Work. How to apply for unemployment benefit during reduction of working hours? You cannot apply for the unemployment benefit during short-time working for employees with a zero-hours contract, or for agency workers. ![]() You can only apply for the unemployment benefit during short-time working for employees towards whom you have a continued payment of wages obligation (loondoorbetalingsverplichting).You may be eligible for financial support for self-employed professionals (Bbz). If you are a self-employed professional (zzp-er), you cannot use the unemployment benefit for short-time working.you expect to have at least 20% less work for your staff for at least 2 but no more than 24 weeks.the reduction in the volume of work is due to exceptional circumstances, such as the Corona virus, fire, flood or a trade boycott.The workers concerned will still be employed by your company. This permit enables you to apply for temporary unemployment benefit for your employees. If you run a business in the Netherlands and you don’t have enough work for your staff due to exceptional circumstances, such as the Corona virus, fire, flooding or a trade boycott you can apply for a reduction of working hours ( werktijdverkorting, WTV) permit. This information is provided by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO
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