VOICE-OVER: Is your employee leaving your company?
If this was not their own choice...
you will usually have to pay your employee...
an amount of money.
This amount is called the transition payment.
A transition payment is mandatory in case of fixed...
temporary and on-call contracts.
The amount of the payment depends on the monthly salary...
and the number of years your staff member was employed.
To find out the exact amount you need to pay...
use the online calculation tool of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
You calculate the payment from the first working day.
Are you not able to make the transition payment in one go...
you are then allowed to spread the payment...
over a maximum of six months.
There are situations in which you do not owe transition payment.
For example, if your employee agrees with the dismissal...
or if your company goes bankrupt.
If an employee leaves after two years of sick leave...
you can apply for compensation...
with the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency, UWV.
Want to learn more?
Find out all you need to know on business.gov.nl.
Government information for entrepreneurs.