Child and family
If you work in Belgium, you may be entitled to different leave policies and benefits. This depends not only on your situation, but also on the situation of the other parent. It is important to be well informed about what your entitlements are. Pregnancy, childbirth and paternity leave You have pregnancy and childbirth leave or […]
Family insurance
Partner Your partner with whom you are married or living in a registered partnership can be co-insured with you in Germany. However, the condition for this is that your partner does not work or receive benefits in the Netherlands. Your partner will then be insured in the same way as you. You are both insured […]
Old-age pensions
In the case of old-age pensions in the Netherlands, a distinction must be made between the legal old-age pension and occupational pensions (Bedrijfspensioenfonds). Both are linked to completely different, separable eligibility conditions and financing systems. Legal old-age pension (AOW) Students and young professionals from Germany can also build up entitlements under the legal old-age pension […]
Health insurance, sickness allowance and nursing care
Insurance in the Netherlands If you work in the Netherlands, you are normally insured against medical costs in the Netherlands. For health insurance (Zorgverzekering), you register with a health insurance company (Zorgverzekeraar) in the Netherlands. You pay the contribution for this health insurance (only payment in kind) yourself from your net salary. In addition, your […]
Living in Germany, working in Belgium
Employees in Belgium pay their income tax (bedrijfsvoorheffing / précompte professionnel) in Belgium. This also applies if you live in Germany and work in Belgium. Cross-border workers can also claim deductions (aftrekposten/déduction fiscal) and other tax benefits (tegemoetkomingen/avantage fiscal) from the Belgian tax system under certain conditions. This depends on whether at least 75% of […]
Looking for a job
Provided you are looking for employment in Germany, this is possible in various ways. One efficient way is to contact companies directly (networking). You can also declare that you are looking for employment in Germany to the employment agency responsible for you (VDAB/FOREM/actiris or ADG). You can also register as a jobseeker with the German […]
Sickness allowance
The film below explains in Dutch what the rules are if you live in the Netherlands and work in Germany and become ill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eexDDTxCRRs Continued payment of wages in case of illness and sickness allowance If you work in Germany and become ill, you are initially entitled to a maximum of 6 weeks’ continued payment […]
Studies and part-time job
If you study in Germany and have a part-time job as a student in Germany, but continue to reside in the Netherlands, you are a cross-border worker. As a cross-border worker, you are subject to the social security system of the country in which you work, i.e. Germany. This means that you have to take […]
Childcare supplement
Do you live in the Netherlands and do your children go to nursery school/daycare facilities? Then you can get a monthly benefit for childcare costs. You get this Dutch childcare supplement (Kinderopvangtoeslag) if: you and your partner both work, and your child goes to a registered childcare facility and you pay the costs, and your […]
Posting workers to the neighbouring country
People who live in Germany and work in the Netherlands or vice versa are granted the so-called status of cross-border worker. A cross-border worker (also cross-border commuter) is an employee or self-employed person who works in one EU Member State and lives in another EU Member State and returns there in principle every day or […]