About the duty to notify

Do you temporarily employ foreign employees? Or are you a foreign employer who wants employees to work in the Netherlands? Or are you self-employed and coming to work in the Netherlands temporarily? If so, you must notify this.

Foreign employer
You are an employer abroad or a self-employed person and you have a temporary posting or assignment in the Netherlands.
Employee
You are posted to the Netherlands as a worker.
Transport sector
Working in the transport sector? Check if your workers must be notified.
Online notification
How do I make an online notification?
Toolbox – Tolkit
Documents and tools related to the notification portal and the revised Posting of Workers Directive.
FAQs
Get to know the details, among others on the notification, transport sector and employees from outside the EEA zone.
Current news
Changes to the notification portal from December 2020.

About the duty to notify

Foreign employees temporarily posted in the Netherlands must be notified with the Dutch government. This applies to employees from the EU, EEA and Switzerland. By notifying the employees, the government can ensure that they can work under safe, healthy and fair conditions. And that the correct, Dutch working conditions apply. In this way, we counter unfair competition.

The process

Notification of posted workers is given in two steps. Both the Dutch client and the foreign employer or self-employed person have a role to play. Together they are responsible for the notification.

Obligation

Notification is compulsory. If the posted worker is not registered, both the Dutch client and the foreign employer/self-employed person risk being fined. The Netherlands Labour Authority checks this. Make sure the notification is in order before the posted worker starts the assignment. This way, you ensure that you are not fined and you will help create a fair labour market.

More information for foreign employers/self-employed persons.