Netherlands government
executive branchEmployment and social securityReviewed
Employee Insurance Agency (UWV)
Administers employee insurance and dismissal permits.
What this authority does
Decides employer requests for dismissal permission on economic or long-term-illness grounds, pays unemployment and disability benefits, and provides labour-market data and job-seeker services.
Services for the public
- Dismissal permits
- Unemployment benefit (WW)
- Disability benefit (WIA)
- Job-seeker services
Before you contact this authority
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Other Netherlands authorities
- Courts and justiceNetherlands Judiciary (de Rechtspraak)
- ImmigrationImmigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
- TaxationTax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst)
- Data protectionDutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)
- Business registrationChamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, KVK)
- Competition and consumer protectionAuthority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)
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