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Doing Business in the Netherlands 2012
e) Older Unemployed Workers Income Scheme Act (Wet
inkomensvoorziening oudere werkloze werknemers or IOW).
The IOW expires on 1 July 2016.
f) Older and Partially Disabled Former Self-Employed Persons
Income Scheme Act (Wet inkomensvoorziening oudere en
gedeeltelijk arbeidsongeschikte gewezen zelfstandigen or
IOAZ)
g) Work and Social Assistance Act (Wet werk en bijstand or
Wwb)
h) Artists’ Work and Income Act (Wet werk en inkomen
kunstenaars or WWIK)
i) Act providing pregnancy and childbirth benefits to the selfemployed
(Wet Zwangerschaps- en bevallingsuitkering
zelfstandigen or ZEZ)
j) Social Support Act (Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning or
Wmo)
The Wajong, the ZEZ and the TW are executed by the Authority for
Employee Insurance (UWV). The other Acts are executed by the
local authorities (gemeenten) or the National Insurance Institute
(Sociale verzekeringsbank or SVB). The Acts are funded by the
Dutch government.
Over the past few years, Dutch government has severely tightened the
conditions for qualifying for the welfare provisions and the national
insurance allowances.
15.5 Employees’ Insurance
Performing employment activities in the Netherlands in general leads
to compulsory insurance in compliance with the following Acts:
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