Subsidies and schemes

Early retirement scheme (RVU)

Tax benefit

If you employ staff, you can arrange for your employees to retire before state pension age. Such arrangements can also be made in some sectors for specific groups of workers. For instance because they...

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)

Subsidy or grant

Does you company or sector have to make large numbers of people redundant? You may be eligible for aid from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). You help the dismissed employees find a...

Incentive scheme learning and development within SMEs (SLIM subsidy)

Subsidy or grant

Do you want to invest in your personnel’s expertise, growth and development? Then you can apply for the Incentive scheme learning and development within SMEs (SLIM subsidy). You can make use of the...

Labour costs compensation (LKV) for employing older or disabled persons

Tax benefit

Do you have a company in the Netherlands and do you take 1 or more people into employment who have difficulty finding work? For instance people over the age of 56 and on unemployment benefits, people...

Lifelong learning credit

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Would you (or your employee) like to take a study programme, but are you no longer eligible for student finance? You may qualify for a lifelong learning credit (Levenlanglerenkrediet). You can use the...

Maternity allowance for self-employed professionals (ZEZ)

Benefit

Are you a freelancer/self-employed professional based in the Netherlands and pregnant? You are entitled to an allowance during pregnancy or after childbirth under the Maternity Benefit Scheme for the...

Sickness and disability benefits for first responders (emergency workers)

Benefit

Does your organisation employ emergency workers (first responders)? Then your employees are entitled to benefits in a number of situations. If an emergency worker is missing or killed as a result of...

Subsidy for modifying a workstation

Subsidy or grant

Do you run a company in the Netherlands and do you want to keep or hire an employee who is ill or disabled? In order to do so, you may have to modify the workplace. For example by installing a...

Substance-related Occupational Diseases compensation (TSB)

Benefit

Have you become ill due to working with hazardous substances? If so, you can apply for a one-off allowance from the Dutch Institute for Victims of Occupational Diseases due to Hazardous Substances...

Support by job coach

Subsidy or grant

If you run a company in the Netherlands and employ a sick or disabled person who needs coaching, or you offer a potential employee a trial placement, you may want to make use of a job coach free of...

Trial placement unemployed or people partially fit for work

Benefit

Are you an employer in the Netherlands and do you want to hire someone who is unemployed or partially fit for work? If you are not sure this person is suitable for the job, you can offer them an...

Unemployment benefit (WW) for inclement weather

Benefit

Do you run a business in the Netherlands and does inclement weather prevent your employees from working? You can apply for a temporary unemployment benefit (in Dutch) for them. This is possible during...

Unemployment benefit during short-time working

Benefit

If you run a business in the Netherlands and you have not enough work for your staff due to exceptional circumstances you can apply for a short-time working (werktijdverkorting, WTV) permit. This...

Wage dispensation for employment of young disabled workers

Benefit

Young disabled people in the Netherlands are eligible for a benefit under the Dutch Invalidity Insurance (Young Disabled Persons) Act (Wajong Act). If you employ workers who receive this benefit, in...

Subsidy Scheme for practice based learning

Subsidy or grant

Attention: temporarily closed

Would you like to offer work-based learning or practical learning opportunities? The Subsidy Scheme for practice based learning (Subsidieregeling praktijkleren) may offer you compensation for the...

Subsidy scheme for practice-based learning third learning pathway

Subsidy or grant

Attention: temporarily closed

Do you want to offer work-based learning or practical learning opportunities to intermediate vocational education (mbo) students in the third learning pathway (derde leerweg)? You can apply for a...

Tel mee met Taal (Count on skills) programme

Subsidy or grant

Attention: temporarily closed

Do you employ staff who do not speak Dutch well or lack digital or calculus skills (limited language skills)? Or do you run pre-school care and do you have communication problems with parents who do...