Offering work to people with an occupational disability will be easier

What changes?

Are you an entrepreneur with more than 25 employees? It will be easier and more attractive to employ people with an occupational disability. The government wants to simplify the jobs agreement and quota scheme.

Important changes are:

• The low-income benefit will be abolished.
• The amounts of the labour costs compensation for older employees will be lowered.
• The labour costs compensation for reassignment of employees with an occupational disability will change.
• You will be eligible for Labour costs compensation (LKV) for an employee with an occupational disability for the entire period they are employed by you. Currently the LKV applies for at most 3 years. You will also no longer need a special statement from UWV (employment insurance agency).
• If you employ more people with an occupational disability that you are required under the quota scheme you will receive more labour costs compensation as a bonus.

Jobs agreement for 2026

For companies with more than 25 employees a jobs agreement is in place. You must hire people with an occupational disability. This way, by 2026 there should be 100,000 extra jobs in the business sector for people with an occupational disability.

For whom?

• entrepreneurs with more than 25 employees

When?

This change in law takes effect at different times:

• Abolishment of the low-income benefit, the reduction of the amounts of the labour costs compensation and the change in the duration of the LKV has taken effect on 1 January 2025.
• Labour costs compensation for the duration of employment will take effect in 2025.
• The abolishment of the labour costs compensation for older employees will take effect on 1 January 2026
• More LKV as a bonus for exceeding the quota will be effective from a later date.