Temporary employment agencies must report accidents to the Labour Inspectorate

Do you work with agency workers, or do you have an employment agency? Then you will be subject to new rules on reporting accidents at work. You will also have additional responsibilities for your employees’ safety.

The government amends the Working Conditions Act (Arbeidsomstandighedenwet). This change ensures that the company where the employee is working (the hirer) and the employment agency (the supplier) are jointly responsible for the safety of agency workers.

What does this mean for you?

• Are you the hirer? Then you must report serious and fatal accidents at work to the Netherlands Labour Authority (NLA), as well as directly to the agency
• Are you the supplier? You also have to report these accidents to the NLA.
• Following an accident as the supplier you must check whether the company where the accident occurred has taken sufficient safety measures. This is called the duty to verify (vergewisplicht)

For whom?

• businesses that deploy agency workers (hirers)
• temporary employment agencies and payrollers (suppliers)

When?

This change in the Working Conditions Act (Arbeidsomstandighedenwet) is expected to enter into force on 1 July 2026. The Lower and Upper Houses have already adopted the proposal.

Please note: The effective date of this measure is not yet final. After publication in the Staatsblad or Staatscourant (Government Gazette, in Dutch) the law can take effect.