Suppliers of personnel must be authorised

What changes?

Do you run a temporary employment agency or another business that provides workers (supplier of personnel)? Or do you hire temporary workers? Suppliers of personnel, such as temporary employment agenices and secondment organisations, will only be allowed to put employees to work if they have been admitted by the Netherlands Authority for the Labour Supply Market (Nederlandse Autoriteit Uitleenmarkt, NAU). Without authorisation (permit) you are not allowed to supply workers. Businesses that hire workers (users) may no longer work with unauthorised suppliers. 

This system of authorisation for suppliers of workers is intended to prevent underpayment of, and inferior housing and poor working conditions for labour migrants.

To be eligible for authorisation (permit) you must:

• pay the correct wages to their workers
• file taxes properly
• have a certificate of conduct (VOG)
• pay a deposit of €100,000
• offer approved housing to foreign staff

The Netherlands Labout Authority will check regularly whether suppliers meet the conditions. If you loose your authorisation, you can no longer operate as a supplier of personnel. Companies that work without authorisation can be fined.

Companies that hire temporary employees from agencies without authorisation can also be fined.

For whom?

• temporary employment agencies and other suppliers of personnel
• companies that hire workers via suppliers of personnel

When?

• The Provision of Personnel Accreditation Act (Wet toelating terbeschikkingstelling van arbeidskrachten, Wtta) is expected to come into effect on 1 January 2027.
• The Netherlands Labour Authority will begin enforcement on 1 January 2028.

Mandatory reporting for suppliers of personnel before 2027

Suppliers of personnel that wish to make use of the transitional rules must report to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment between 1 November 2026 and 1 January 2027. If businesses fall under transitional law, they may continue to provide temporary staffing services until their application for a licence has been assessed.

Please note: The effective date of this measure is not yet final. Entry into force is subject to its passing through the upper and lower houses of parliament or proclamation of the Order in Council (Algemene Maatregel van Bestuur, AMvB) or ministerial decree and publication in the Staatsblad or Staatscourant (Government Gazette, in Dutch).