{"id":655,"date":"2018-06-07T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/uncategorized\/compensatie-transitievergoeding\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:33:18","slug":"compensation-for-the-transition-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/compensatie-transitievergoeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Compensation transitional allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4373\" src=\"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171228_Belastingrente-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Where an employment contract is terminated at the employer\u2019s initiative, the employer must pay the dismissed employee a transition payment. We set out the rules that have applied in this regard since 1 January 2018 in our article <a href=\"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/nieuws\/increase-and-changes-to-the-transition-payment-for-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Increase and amendment to the transition payment for 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Compensation<\/h4>\n<p>In this article, we also report that the Government intends to introduce a compensation scheme. This concerns transition payments made in the event of dismissal because the employee is no longer able to carry out their work due to illness or disability. At present, such employees are kept on the payroll solely to avoid paying the transition allowance. The Government considers these \u2018dormant\u2019 employment contracts to be undesirable.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Social Affairs has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/documenten\/kamerstukken\/2018\/05\/28\/conceptregeling-compensatie-transitievergoeding-bij-einde-arbeidsovereenkomst-na-langdurige-arbeidsongeschiktheid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concept<\/a> of the compensation scheme has been published. However, the scheme will not come into force until 1 April 2020 (!).<\/p>\n<h4>Past cases<\/h4>\n<p>Transition payments made between 1 April 2015 and 1 April 2020 may also be eligible for compensation. In such cases, the UWV will usually have issued a decision granting a WIA benefit or awarded a benefit under the Sickness Benefits Act.<\/p>\n<h4>Request<\/h4>\n<p>Upon dismissal, the employer \u201csimply\u201d pays the transition allowance to the employee. The employer must then apply to the UWV for compensation. This application can be made within 6 months of the transition payment being paid to the employee. If the transition payment was paid in instalments, the application can be made immediately after the final instalment has been paid.<\/p>\n<p>The application for compensation in respect of past cases must be received by the UWV by 30 September 2020 at the latest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wanneer een dienstbetrekking wordt be\u00ebindigd op initiatief van de werkgever, moet de werkgever de ontslagen werknemer de transitievergoeding betalen. De regels die daarvoor sinds 1 januari 2018 gelden, beschrijven we in ons artikel Verhoging en wijziging transitievergoeding 2018. Compensatie In dit artikel melden we ook dat het Kabinet voornemens is om een compensatieregeling in te [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}