WBA: Online employment relationship evaluation tool
You want to hire a self-employed professional to do a job for you. Whether that is allowed depends on the employment relationship. Sometimes you need an employment contract. You can assess this using an online questionnaire. This article explains how it works.
Why use the Web Module Assessing Employment Relationships?
Hiring a self-employed professional comes with rules. For example, you need to check if it is actually a situation of paid employment. For example, if the freelancer does not determine for themselves how and when they do the work. You and the contractor are responsible for preventing false self-employment. To clarify these rules, the government developed an anonymous, online questionnaire (in Dutch). This is called the Web Module Assessing Employment Relationships (Webmodule Beoordeling Arbeidsrelatie, WBA).
How does the web module work?
The web module is an online questionnaire that helps you answer whether or not you should offer an employment contract. By answering the questions, you will get one of the following outcomes:
- Indication that the assignment can be performed outside employment. You can hire a self-employed professional.
- Indication that the employment relationship is actually a form of employment. You may need an employment contract.
- The replies do not make clear what the work relation is in this case.
Who is the online tool for?
Employers and procurers in the Netherlands who set out assignments to contractors in the Netherlands. The commissioning client is based in the Netherlands.
The online tool is not for contractors or sector representatives, unless they act in the role of commisioning agent.
When does the web module not provide a solution?
In a number of situations, the web module does not provide a solution. In these situations, there is no point in starting the module:
- You enter into an agreement with a legal entity, such as a BV (private limited company).
- You are an intermediary.
- The contracting party is abroad.
Questions and support
If anything in the questionnaire is unclear, then see the frequently asked questions (in Dutch) for more information. You can also send an email to webmodule@minszw.nl.
To web module
Go to the web module (in Dutch) to start the questionnaire.