Chapter II

Subject to Articles 16 to 21 inclusive and the provisions based thereon, the employee who is unemployed shall be entitled to a benefit.

An employee who becomes unemployed is one who:

For the application of this Act and the provisions based thereon, the first day of unemployment shall be the first day on which a loss of one or more…

The right to benefit shall arise for the employee if, in the 36 calendar weeks immediately preceding the first day of unemployment, he has at least…

For the determination of the number of 36 calendar weeks referred to in Article 17, calendar weeks during which the employee: shall not be taken into…

If, in the calendar week following the emergence of a right to benefit in respect of partial unemployment from an employment relationship, a new…

The person who, on the day immediately preceding the first day of unemployment, was an employee within the meaning of this Act and who, in the period…

The employee, who is unemployed solely as a result of frost, snowfall, high water or other extraordinary natural circumstances, is entitled to a…

The employee shall have no right to a benefit who:

The right to benefits shall terminate:

If the right to benefit pursuant to Article 20, paragraph 1, subparagraph (a) or (c), has terminated and subsequently the circumstance that led to…

The UWV shall determine upon application whether a right to benefit exists.

Without prejudice to the provisions elsewhere in this Act regarding the revision or withdrawal of a decision to grant a benefit and regarding the…

The withdrawal or reduction of a benefit, resulting from an objection or appeal lodged by the employer, shall not take place earlier than the day…

The employee shall prevent that he:

The employee is obliged to communicate to the UWV, upon its request or without delay on his own initiative, all facts and circumstances of which it…

The employee is obliged:

Article 24, paragraph 1, subparagraph b, shall not apply to the indicated person, as referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Social Employment…

The UWV shall permanently reduce the benefit by an amount if the employee has failed to comply with an obligation as referred to in Article 24…

The UWV shall impose an administrative fine of at most the amount of the loss incurred due to the non-compliance or improper compliance by the…

The UWV shall set off the administrative fine and a previous administrative fine for the same conduct as referred to in Article 27a, paragraph 5…

If the UWV has refused the employee the benefit under this Act, either temporarily or permanently, in whole or in part, or has imposed an…

If the UWV has imposed a measure as referred to in Article 27, it shall, in the event of a revival of the right to benefit as referred to in Article…

In a decision to revise the benefit, notification shall be given of the revision and, in an annex, of the amended rights and obligations of the…

The UWV shall pay the benefit to which a right exists pursuant to this Act.

If an address in the Netherlands is known for an applicant or recipient of a benefit from the UWV, while it has been recorded ex officio in the…

The UWV shall not pay an advance on the benefit for periods during which the payment of wages is not continued in connection with a dispute between…

The benefit that has not been received or collected within three months after the day on which it was made payable shall no longer be paid. The UWV…

The UWV pays the benefit as a rule per calendar month in arrears.

The benefit shall not be paid in respect of periods occurring more than 26 weeks prior to the day on which the application for a benefit was…

The benefit that has been paid unduly as a result of a decision as referred to in Article 22a or 27, as well as that which has otherwise been paid…

The UWV may recover the unduly paid benefit, as referred to in Article 36, first and second paragraphs, by means of a writ of execution (dwangbevel).

Rules may be established by ministerial regulation regarding the manner of enforcement of the order in which it has been determined that an undue…

By way of derogation from Article 36, paragraph 1, the UWV may, at the petition of the employee, decide to partially waive recovery or partially…

A claim of the UWV as referred to in Article 36 and 36c is privileged and ranks immediately after the claims referred to in Article 288 of Book 3 of…

In the event that the UWV pays a benefit granted to a public sector employee on the basis of this Act, the Sickness Benefits Act (Ziektewet), the…

For the purpose of receiving and granting a discharge for the payment of the benefit, a minor shall be equated with a person of full age.

If the person to whom a benefit has been granted is entitled to the provision or reimbursement of care as referred to in the Long-term Care Act (Wet…

The benefit is inalienable and is not subject to pledge or charge.

The benefit shall not be paid if it generally amounts to less than one-eighth of the minimum wage per month.

The duration of the benefit is at least three months and at most 24 months, calculated from the first day on which the right to the benefit arose.

For the application of Article 42, the following shall be equated with days for which wages have been received or with eight hours for which wages…

If the right to benefit has ended and subsequently a new right to benefit has arisen, without the condition referred to in Article 42, second…

The person who, on the day immediately preceding the first day of unemployment, was an employee within the meaning of this Act, shall be considered…

Each time after the right to benefit has been revived on the basis of Article 21 following the termination of that right, the benefit shall terminate…

The benefit under this chapter shall be calculated on the basis of the daily wage.

The benefit on the basis of this Act amounts per calendar month to:

If the employee participates in education or training which, in the opinion of the UWV, is necessary for him, and the right to benefit pursuant to…

If the employee has obtained permission from the UWV to perform activities as referred to in Article 77a, paragraph 1, the benefit shall, for the…