{"id":707,"date":"2018-10-29T06:57:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T05:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/uncategorized\/transitievergoeding-bij-vermindering-uren\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:33:24","slug":"transition-allowance-in-the-event-of-a-reduction-in-working-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/transitievergoeding-bij-vermindering-uren\/","title":{"rendered":"Transition allowance in the event of a reduction in working hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An employee who is made redundant is usually entitled to a transition payment. Are you also entitled to this payment if you are not made redundant but your employer reduces your hours (part-time redundancy)?<\/p>\n

Transition allowance<\/strong><\/p>\n

The law does not specify this. The rules governing the transition payment are based on the full termination or dissolution of the employment contract.<\/p>\n

If the employee has been in service for two years or more and the employment contract is terminated by the employer, the employee is entitled to a transition payment. The reason for the dismissal is irrelevant in this respect. The employee is not entitled to the transition payment only in the event of (justified) summary dismissal, serious culpable conduct on the part of the employee, the employer\u2019s bankruptcy, or dismissal in connection with the employee\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n

The maximum transition payment is \u20ac79,000. For each of the first 10 years of employment, the employee receives one-third of a month\u2019s salary, and thereafter half a month\u2019s salary for each year.<\/p>\n

Part-time redundancy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court<\/a> has recently ruled that, in the event of a partial redundancy, an employee may also be entitled to a portion of the transition payment. It does not matter how the working hours are reduced:<\/p>\n