Whom to notify and when

Step by step

1. 1

   Establish your contract status

   Check whether your contract is still in force, ends during your sickness or had already ended when you became sick.

2. 2

   Employment still in force

   Notify the employer in accordance with its internal procedure. The employer reports the sickness to the occupational health service (arbodienst) or occupational physician (bedrijfsarts).

3. 3

   Temporary agency work

   Notify the company where you work as soon as possible and also follow the employment agency’s instructions. The type of contract and collective labour agreement (CAO) help determine what happens next.

4. 4

   Sick after the contract ends

   If you become sick within 4 weeks after your employment ends, immediately check whether you must call UWV no later than the second day of sickness. If the former employer is an eigenrisicodrager (self-insured employer), report sick to that former employer.

Deadlines and responsibilities

• Employee: promptly notify the correct party.
• Hiring company (inlener): pass a temporary agency worker’s sickness report to the employment agency.
• Employer or employment agency: determine and confirm who will make the follow-up notification.
• UWV or the eigenrisicodrager (self-insured employer): administer the procedure after employment ends.

Documents and evidence

• Contract and end date
• Names of the employer, hiring company (inlener) and employment agency
• Confirmation of the sickness report
• Information on eigenrisicodragerschap (self-insurance for the Ziektewet)