Netherlands Posted Worker Notifications for Employer-Managed by Jobbatical

A Dutch Posted Worker notification under the WagwEU is the mandatory posted worker registration that EU, EEA and Swiss employers must file before staff start temporary work in the Netherlands. Submitted through the Meldloket portal (postedworkers.nl), it records the employer, the posted workers, the Dutch client, the work and its duration. Jobbatical files this posted worker declaration for your company and manages the whole duty to notify.

The duty to notify posted workers applies to employers from the EU, EEA and Switzerland who temporarily post their own staff to the Netherlands, to multinationals posting into a Dutch branch, to staffing agencies, and to self-employed persons working in listed sectors. The WagwEU notification also applies when posted workers are third-country nationals. The Dutch client must then verify the notification is correct.

The WagwEU notification must be submitted before the posted worker starts the assignment in the Netherlands there is no retroactive filing. Any change to the posting must also be updated in the Meldloket portal and re-verified by the Dutch client. Jobbatical files the posted worker registration ahead of day one so your posting is compliant from the first working day.

To start a posted worker notification, your company provides the posting details: the notifying employer, a contact person in the Netherlands (WagwEU Article 7), the Dutch client, the workers' identities, the type of work, the sector, the work address and the duration. On-site you must also keep A1 forms, contracts, payslips, working-hours records and proof of payment for inspection.

If a posted worker notification is missed, late or incorrect, the Netherlands Labour Authority can fine both the foreign employer and the Dutch client standard exposure is up to EUR 4,500 per posted worker, and wider WagwEU breaches such as underpayment can cost far more (verify current amounts before relying on them). Jobbatical prevents this by filing correctly and closing out the client verification step.

Yes a one-year notification (jaarmelding) can cover a year of postings if your company had at least three postings in the Netherlands the previous calendar year, though it is not available for the construction or temporary-employment sectors. Jobbatical assesses whether your posting pattern qualifies and sets up the correct WagwEU notification route, from single postings to annual filings.

Yes the Dutch Posted Worker notification covers non-EU (third-country) nationals as well as EU nationals, provided an EU, EEA or Swiss employer is doing the posting. For third-country nationals the WagwEU notification is always required (the incidental-work exemptions do not apply), and where the worker lawfully works in the home EU state it can replace the Dutch work permit. Postings over 90 days also need an IND residence permit for cross-border services. Jobbatical manages both.