{"id":10896,"date":"2019-02-06T10:08:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T09:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lvdadvocaten.nl\/balanced-labour-market-act-wab-adopted-by-the-lower-house\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:08:37","slug":"balanced-labour-market-act-wab-adopted-by-the-lower-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lvdadvocaten.nl\/en\/balanced-labour-market-act-wab-adopted-by-the-lower-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Balanced Labour Market Act (Wab) adopted by the Lower House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Balanced Labour Market Act (Wab) bill was adopted by the Lower House on 5 February 2019.\n This bill should reduce the differences\nbetween permanent and flexible work by adjusting flexible\nlabour, dismissal law and the Unemployment Insurance Act. The most important\nchanges are the introduction of a ground for cumulation, which means that dismissal is also possible if\nthere are several (partial) grounds for dismissal, and employees\nare entitled to a transition payment from the first day, even during the\nprobationary period.<\/p>\n\n

In our previous news item<\/a>, we have already listed a number of proposed measures. The adjustment of the probationary period that was mentioned will not go ahead, but the other measures will.<\/p>\n\n

The definitive changes are now as follows:<\/p>\n\n

\u2022 Dismissal will also be possible if there are different grounds for dismissal. Currently, the employer must fully comply with one of the grounds for dismissal mentioned in the law. This new ground for dismissal gives the court the possibility to combine these grounds. In that case, the employee can receive a maximum of half of the transition payment on top of the transition payment.<\/p>\n\n

\u2022 From the first working day, the right to a transition payment arises, even\nduring the probationary period. <\/p>\n\n

\u2022 The accrual of the transition payment will be reduced for long\nperiods of service. This will be one third of a month\u2019s salary per year\nworked for everyone;<\/p>\n\n

\u2022 The unemployment insurance contribution for employers will be lower if they offer an employee a permanent\njob instead of a temporary contract. <\/p>\n\n

\u2022 There will be a scheme for small employers to compensate the transition payment\nif they have to terminate their business due to retirement or illness.\n<\/p>\n\n

\u2022 The chain provision (several fixed-term contracts in a row)\nwill be expanded, so that (just as before 2015) a maximum of three\nfixed-term contracts can be concluded in three years. <\/p>\n\n

\u2022 The rules for seasonal work are changing: the break between different\nfixed-term contracts can be shortened to three months in the collective labour agreement if\nthere is recurring temporary work that can be done for a maximum of nine months per year;\n<\/p>\n\n

\u2022 There will be an exception to the chain arrangement for temporary staff in primary education\nwho stand in for illness;<\/p>\n\n

\u2022 Employees who work on a payroll basis will receive at least the same\nterms of employment as the employees who are employed by the client.\nThey are also entitled to an adequate pension. <\/p>\n\n

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