Employment agencies must help migrant workers with BRP registration
There is a plan but the government has yet to decide
The government has proposed a change in rules. The proposal will also be debated in the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament. The proposal may therefore still change, but it can be helpful to be aware of this in advance.
For whom?
- temporary employment agencies that deploy migrant workers
- employers of migrant workers
What changes?
Do you run a temporary employment agency? If so, you will have extra duties. You will have to help migrant workers you employ to register properly in the Personal Records Database (Basisregistratie personen, BRP). Currently migrant workers must do so themselves, but this often goes wrong. In future you will have to provide them with correct information in their native language, for example. You must also check whether the registration was successful.
This applies if the migrant workers will stay in the Netherlands for more than 4 months and they must register as residents. If they stay for a shorter period, they must register with the municipality in the Non-residents Records Database (RNI). This way municipal authorities and other government organisations will have a better idea of where migrant workers are staying. If this is unclear, a migrant worker can face various problems, such as not having insurance if they lose their job.
Migrant workers will still be responsible themselves for a proper registration in the BRP, but the employment agency will have the duty to support them.
When?
It is not yet known when this change in the Placement of Personnel by Intermediaries Act (Wet allocatie arbeidskrachten door intermediairs, Waadi) will take effect.
Amendments
More changes on this subject:
- Suppliers of personnel must be authorised (Wtta)Effective date: 1 January 2027
- Temporary employment agencies must report accidents to the Netherlands Labour AuthorityEffective date: 1 July 2027
- Serious workplace abuse becomes punishableEffective date: not yet known