It is news nobody wants to hear: you are being made redundant. But if you are a foreign worker in the Netherlands, losing your job could have far-reaching consequences, not just for your income but also for your residency status.
Robert Berendsen, an employment and rental lawyer who regularly advises international employees, highly skilled migrants and executives in the Netherlands and speaks four languages, is dealing with ever more requests for advice. Several large employers like banks and global businesses are entering redundancy rounds – partly linked to the adoption of AI – and people whose jobs are at risk may have limited time to act.
“One day you come into the office and you get the bad news that your position has become redundant: this is the terminology that your manager or HR will use,” he said. “It might be an international company that has a Dutch presence and decided to leave. It might be that they’re going to let you go – but your job is not you. It’s your position.”
Impact
Berendsen said that while redundancy is never welcome, it has even more impact on internationals whose tax status or residency is related to providing scarce skills. If you are an immigrant with the 30% ruling – where a proportion of your salary is paid free of tax – or on a highly skilled migrant visa, the clock starts ticking.
“You need to find a qualifying job within three months, but the traps are in the timing,” he said. “For the 30% ruling, that three-month clock can start the...
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