Employee insurance contributions

An employee covered by the Dutch social security system will be subject to Dutch national insurance contributions and Dutch employee insurance. Employee insurance is an obligatory insurance scheme that aims to insure employees against (specific) financial implications of illness, incapacity for work, and unemployment. However, the contributions for the employee insurance are paid by the employer. Only employees and deemed employees can be subject to Dutch employee insurance. 

The employee insurance includes:

- Sickness Benefits Act (ZW)
- Disability Insurance Act (WAO)
- Work and Income Capacity for Work Act (WIA), which includes the complete and sustainable incapacity for work income (IVA) and the return to work for partially disabled persons (WGA)
- Unemployment Act (WW)

The contributions/premiums for the employed person's insurance schemes are entirely due and paid by the employer (no contribution from the employee without withholding from their salary). The employer may recoup a small piece of the premiums due from the employee. This relates to part of the so-called differentiated premium for the Work Re-employment Fund (so-called 'Whk'). It is up to the employer to decide whether they want to recoup this part of the premiums from the employee's salary, which will be shown on the salary slip when the employer does so.

The premiums for employee insurance consist of

-Unemployment insurance: WW-Awf premium and UFO premium (applies to government personnel only)
-Disability insurance:  Basic WAO / IVA / WGA premium and differentiated premium Whk
-Child care premium: Basic uniform premium for child care and differentiated premium for child care (Aof)

The employer reports and pays the contributions to the Tax Administration every month.