Dutch Legislation

Chapter 4

in force

Short-term leave and birth leave

Work and Care Act (WAZO) (Wet arbeid en zorg) · Articles: 11

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Short-term leave and birth leave

4:1 Article 4:1

The employee is entitled to leave with retention of salary for a short period, to be calculated according to reasonableness, when he is unable to…

4:2 Article 4:2

Following the childbirth by the spouse, the registered partner, the person with whom the employee cohabits unmarried, or the person whose child the…

4:2a Article 4:2a

After the employee has taken the birth leave referred to in Article 4:2, they shall be entitled to supplementary birth leave without retention of…

4:2b Article 4:2b

Upon the application of an employee as referred to in Article 3:6, paragraph 1, preamble and part a, the Employee Insurance Agency…

4:2c Article 4:2c

The employee referred to in Article 4:2b, paragraph 1, who wishes to be eligible for the benefit mentioned in that paragraph, shall submit the…

4:3 Article 4:3

The employee shall notify the employer in advance that he is taking the leave referred to in Article 4:1, stating the reason. If this is not…

4:4 Article 4:4

The employer may subsequently require the employee to demonstrate that he was unable to perform his work due to one of the reasons mentioned in…

4:4a Article 4:4a

The employer shall consent to a request from the employee not to take or not to continue the supplementary birth leave as a result of taking…

4:5 Article 4:5

If the employee is entitled to a monetary benefit pursuant to any statutory insurance or by virtue of any insurance or from any fund in which…

4:6 Article 4:6

Days or parts of days on which the employee does not perform his work due to the leave referred to in Article 4:1 may only be designated as vacation…

4:7 Article 4:7

Article 4:1, insofar as it concerns the payment of wages, and Articles 4:4 up to and including 4:6 may only be deviated from to the detriment of the…