Applying for support to reintegrate into the labour market
Have you been out of work for a long time? Do you want to start working again? You can get support for your return to work. This is known as reintegration (re-integratie). It is provided by the Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen – UWV (Employee Insurance Agency) or your municipality.
If you are on benefits, the UWV will help you find a job. You will be given a reintegration plan (in Dutch) and assistance including personal support and workplace adaptation (in Dutch).
As to who helps you, this will depend on what benefits you receive. Do you receive occupational incapacity benefits (arbeidsongeschiktheidsuitkering) such as WAZ, WAO, ZW, Wajong or WGA ? Then you will receive support from an employment counsellor. If you receive a WW-uitkering (unemployment benefits), you will get a job adviser.
If you receive benefits from your municipality, this municipality will help you find a job. This support is provided in the form of training, work or guidance.
You cannot refuse the municipality’s support. If you do, the municipality may lower your benefits.
This is how it works in your (future) place of residence
Municipality of Hilversum: Applying for support to reintegrate into the labour market
The municipality implements the Participation Act (PW), Income Support for Older and Partially Disabled Unemployed Workers Act (IOAW), Income Support for Older and Partially Disabled Former Self-Employed Workers Act (IOAZ).
Under all these laws, the resident has the obligation to work and reintegrate. All residents have an intake interview with a customer manager. During this interview, the possibilities on the labor market are examined and, where possible, a reintegration program is initiated in consultation with the resident.
Contact the Sociaal Plein from the gemeente Hilversum for more information.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Hilversum
Laws and regulations
- Participatiewet, artikelen 7 en 10
- Wet op de arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering, artikel 65f
- Wet arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering zelfstandigen, artikel 67d
- Wet arbeidsongeschiktheidsvoorziening jonggehandicapten, artikel 3.66
- Wet inkomensvoorziening voor oudere werklozen, artikel 11
- Werkloosheidswet, artikel 73
- Wet inkomensvoorziening oudere en gedeeltelijk arbeidsongeschikte gewezen zelfstandigen, artikel 36
- Wet inkomensvoorziening oudere en gedeeltelijk arbeidsongeschikte werkloze werknemers, artikel 36
- Wet werk en inkomen naar arbeidsvermogen, artikel 34a