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The Dutch social security system is one of the most comprehensive in Europe but access to the welfare system is becoming more restrictive.There are three strands: National Insurance administered by the social insurance bank (www.svb.nl) which includes old age pension (AOW) and child benefit (AKW); Employee Insurance including unemployment benefit (WW see below), long-term disability (WIA) and sickness (ZW); and Social Assistance. Specific conditions apply to each benefit. Also, do check that your residence rights are not affected if you apply for benefits.
Your official documents will need to be in good order: Consult the Ministry of Social Affairs and Welfare website (www.szw.nl) for more information.
Unemployment benefit (WW)
Your employment history will determine the amount and duration of payments. It comprises the first two months at 75 percent and thereafter 70 percent, of your last earned salary (there's a maximum daily rate of EUR 193.09). You must have worked in 26 out of the previous 36 weeks before the first day of unemployment. It can be restricted if other benefits are in operation. You apply for benefit at the UWV WERKbedrijf (www.werk.nl). Consult the Institute for Employee Benefit Schemes website (www.uwv.nl) for more information.
Voluntary work
A volunteer is a vrijwilliger and there are many opportunities depending on your skills. Expat advice centre ACCESS is always on the lookout for volunteers in its offices in Amsterdam and Den Haag.
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Updated April 2012 by Sanne van Ruitenbeek of Pallas Advocaten (www.pallaslaw.nl).
Hi,
My name's Mattia,I'm an Italian 23yo student.
I will graduate in December and My intentions are
to apply for a master at the Universiteit van Amsterdam,where actually I spent my last year,under the Erasmus/LLP Program.
I would like to know if there will be the opportunity in 2013 to receive
government funds in the Netherlands.I'm asking since an Italian friend already living and studying there told me she is receiving some kind of money(but you hae to work 40 hours a month-that's what she said)
I thanks for this website and I kept
Waiting for answers
Hi,
You can get some money from the government if you work at least 32 hours per month. I've heard that you can get 300-350 euro (the amount can depend on whether you are dutch or not)
[Edited by moderator. Please post (elaborate) questions on Ask the Expert or on our Forums. If you have questions for the Expatica staff, please contact us directly.]
Hi,
I was jobless and got my WW (a time limited unemployment benefit - 3 months for me) and then, when i was still jobless and entitled to receive 'Bijstand' (some kind of welfare which isn't time limited), the government told me that I own a house and that that is why I wasn't going to be entitled to any 'Bijstand' (600-1200eur monthly). Now, they forced me to put my place on sale, and with this recession this is not working out well, because there are no buyers. So I argued with the Bijstand people that my house can't be sold, and I am running out of cash to survive. So they advised me that I should sell the place at a loss. I explained to them that this was ensane, because i have to live somewhere, and where am I to live if my place gets sold? they told me, I could return to them after I show them the sales deed, and then I should simply get some other place in the rental market (even if it is more expensive today to rent, than back in the days when I originally bought my place). They said everyone was in the same boat. Everyone will be forced to sell before getting any 'Bijstand'. If I didn't like it, I could get a loan from a bank to survive, but I already tried it, and the bank wasn't going to help.
I paid so much taxes and social securities over the past years, around 60% from my salary went to the government. Why don't I get anything back when I am in dire straits????
This country is unfairly penalizing home owners and pushing them even further down in financial problems by forcing them to exchange their purchased home for a rental again
This is so true-never ever buy a place in NL!!!!
It will cut off any entitlement to state benefits (which I am sure you want to access after all those 52 to 60% salary tax payments!) for as long as you own the house!!
Hi,
My name's Mattia,I'm an Italian 23yo student.
I will graduate in December and My intentions are
to apply for a master at the Universiteit van Amsterdam,where actually I spent my last year,under the Erasmus/LLP Program.
I would like to know if there will be the opportunity in 2013 to receive
government funds in the Netherlands.I'm asking since an Italian friend already living and studying there told me she is receiving some kind of money(but you hae to work 40 hours a month-that's what she said)
I thanks for this website and I kept
Waiting for answers
Hi,
You can get some money from the government if you work at least 32 hours per month. I've heard that you can get 300-350 euro (the amount can depend on whether you are dutch or not)
[Edited by moderator. Please post (elaborate) questions on Ask the Expert or on our Forums. If you have questions for the Expatica staff, please contact us directly.]
Hi,
I was jobless and got my WW (a time limited unemployment benefit - 3 months for me) and then, when i was still jobless and entitled to receive 'Bijstand' (some kind of welfare which isn't time limited), the government told me that I own a house and that that is why I wasn't going to be entitled to any 'Bijstand' (600-1200eur monthly). Now, they forced me to put my place on sale, and with this recession this is not working out well, because there are no buyers. So I argued with the Bijstand people that my house can't be sold, and I am running out of cash to survive. So they advised me that I should sell the place at a loss. I explained to them that this was ensane, because i have to live somewhere, and where am I to live if my place gets sold? they told me, I could return to them after I show them the sales deed, and then I should simply get some other place in the rental market (even if it is more expensive today to rent, than back in the days when I originally bought my place). They said everyone was in the same boat. Everyone will be forced to sell before getting any 'Bijstand'. If I didn't like it, I could get a loan from a bank to survive, but I already tried it, and the bank wasn't going to help.
I paid so much taxes and social securities over the past years, around 60% from my salary went to the government. Why don't I get anything back when I am in dire straits????
This country is unfairly penalizing home owners and pushing them even further down in financial problems by forcing them to exchange their purchased home for a rental again
This is so true-never ever buy a place in NL!!!!
It will cut off any entitlement to state benefits (which I am sure you want to access after all those 52 to 60% salary tax payments!) for as long as you own the house!!
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