{"id":6646,"date":"2024-10-02T13:14:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T10:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/definitie\/wage-freeze\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:15:42","slug":"wage-freeze","status":"publish","type":"definitie","link":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/definitie\/wage-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Wage Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is a wage freeze?<\/h2>\n

A wage suspension is a sanction that an employer may impose on an employee if the employee fails to fulfill his or her reintegration obligations (Art. 7:629(3) of the Dutch Civil Code<\/a>). Examples include situations in which an employee (repeatedly) fails to show up for appointments with the company physician, refuses to cooperate in the assessment of his or her fitness or unfitness for work, or, for example, refuses to follow the company physician\u2019s advice during reintegration. A prerequisite for this, however, is that the refusal must be \u201cwithout valid grounds.\u201d At the same time, the employee must\u2014even if there is an alleged valid reason for refusal\u2014comply with the company physician\u2019s recommendation for a second opinion or an expert opinion from the UWV, unless the UWV issues a contrary recommendation. The advice of the first company physician is decisive, so the employee must still comply with the reintegration obligations until (also) the first company physician revises the original advice. Just as with a suspension of wages, a wage freeze may not be imposed without prior official warning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6646","definitie","type-definitie","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definitie\/6646","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\/6646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeidsadvocaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}