Severance pay

In the Netherlands, you normally get money from your employer after you are dismissed. This is called severance pay (it is also known as a transition payment). What is severance pay? If you are dismissed in the Netherlands, you often receive severance pay. This is money from your employer. You can use this money to find new work, for example by following a course or training. You can also spend the money on something else. Right to compensation You will only receive severance pay if you did not do anything to cause your dismissal and you did not hand in your resignation. Your employer must also not have offered you any other suitable work. If your temporary contract or agency contract ends and you do not get a new contract, you are also entitled to severance pay. If your CAO specifies a different payment, that payment applies instead of severance pay.

1. De werkgever is aan de werknemer een transitievergoeding verschuldigd indien: a. de arbeidsovereenkomst: 1° door de werkgever is opgezegd; 2° op verzoek van de werkgever is ontbonden;