Chapter 1

For the purposes of this Act and the provisions based thereon, the following definitions shall apply:

In this Act, working hour (arbeidsuur) shall mean:

For the application of this Act and the provisions based thereon, the following shall be equated with:

Where a person has their domicile and where a legal person has its seat shall be determined according to the circumstances.

Fully and permanently incapacitated for work is he who, as a direct and objectively medically determinable consequence of illness, defect, pregnancy…

Partially capable of work is he who, as a direct and objectively medically determinable consequence of illness, defect, pregnancy or childbirth, is…

The assessment of whether a person is fully and permanently incapacitated for work or partially incapacitated for work shall be based on a…

The employee is compulsorily insured.

Employee is the employee within the meaning of the Sickness Benefits Act (Ziektewet), with the exception of the employee:

The following shall also be considered an employee:

The person who becomes ill within four weeks after the end of his insurance shall, for the purpose of the right to a benefit under this Act, be…

Employer is the employer within the meaning of the Sickness Benefits Act (Ziektewet), except insofar as the employer derives its status as an…

In this Act and the provisions based thereon, the following definitions shall apply:

For the calculation of a benefit to which a right exists pursuant to this Act, the daily wage shall be considered to be 1/261st part of the wage…

The daily wage of the insured person,

The daily wages shall be revised with effect from the day on which and to the extent to which the amount referred to in Article 8, paragraph 1…

In this Act and the provisions based thereon, employment history shall be understood to mean the period calculated by the summation of: