In the Netherlands, employees are entitled to continued payment of wages during illness for a period of two years\u2014more specifically, at least 70% of their last earned wage. The general rule is: \u201cno work, but wages\u201d (Article 7:629(1) of the Dutch Civil Code<\/a>). This general rule includes an \u201cunless\u201d provision, namely: unless the failure to work falls within the employee\u2019s sphere of risk. For example, when the employee (despite warnings and timely notice from the employer) still fails to meet their own reintegration obligations. A collective bargaining agreement may also stipulate that a two-day waiting period applies in the event of illness, meaning there is no obligation to continue paying wages during that period. Furthermore, the obligation to continue paying wages applies to employers if, for example, there is a temporary shortage of work and the employee consequently does not work all the hours agreed upon in the contract. This falls within the employee\u2019s sphere of risk. Other situations that fall within the employee\u2019s own sphere of risk include strikes, detention, etc. If the employee is suspended or placed on leave, this generally falls within the employer\u2019s sphere of risk\u2014and is therefore at the employer\u2019s risk and expense. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6628","definitie","type-definitie","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definitie\/6628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definitie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/definitie"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definitie\/6628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}