The Dutch government introduced a pilot web module that should provide parties more certainty on the question of whether services can be provided without entering into an employment agreement. The pilot aims to enable companies to obtain a declaration that services can be performed outside of an employment relationship, depending on their answers to the questionnaire. This declaration will provide certainty upfront that no withholding obligation for wage tax and social security contributions exists.
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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu.
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