{"id":887,"date":"2026-10-03T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/?post_type=ba_guide&#038;p=887"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:40:13","slug":"workplace-problems-help-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"ba_guide","link":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/?ba_guide=workplace-problems-help-netherlands","title":{"rendered":"Problems at work in the Netherlands: where to get help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ba-lead wp-block-paragraph\">If something at work feels wrong, identify the problem before choosing the help route. Underpayment, unsafe work, discrimination, dismissal and a contract dispute may involve different organisations.<\/p>\n<table><thead><tr><th>Problem<\/th><th>Useful route<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Contract, dismissal, salary dispute<\/td><td>Union such as FNV\/CNV, legal adviser or Juridisch Loket depending on eligibility\/situation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Below statutory minimum wage \/ labour-law enforcement issue<\/td><td>Netherlands Labour Authority (Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unemployment \/ employee-insurance benefit<\/td><td>UWV<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Discrimination<\/td><td>Local anti-discrimination service and\/or Netherlands Institute for Human Rights depending on the issue<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CAO question<\/td><td>Employer\/HR plus the relevant CAO\/union<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep evidence<\/h2>\n<p>Keep the contract, CAO, payslips, rosters\/time records, relevant emails\/messages and a dated record of important conversations. Ask for important decisions in writing. If you are underpaid, official government guidance recommends first raising it with the employer; if it is not corrected, the Labour Authority or legal action may be routes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Route contract\/pay\/dismissal, underpayment, discrimination, CAO and benefit problems to the appropriate union, legal, Labour Authority or UWV help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","ba_country":[2],"ba_topic":[678,656,219,677,655],"ba_audience":[638,283,261],"ba_section":[168,21],"ba_stage":[28,30],"ba_location":[],"class_list":["post-887","ba_guide","type-ba_guide","status-publish","hentry","ba_country-netherlands","ba_topic-discrimination","ba_topic-employee-rights","ba_topic-legal-help","ba_topic-underpayment","ba_topic-work","ba_audience-expats","ba_audience-international-workers","ba_audience-newcomers","ba_section-legal-rights","ba_section-work-business-section","ba_stage-getting-established","ba_stage-living-stage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide\/887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ba_guide"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ba_guide\/887\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ba_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_country&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"ba_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_topic&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"ba_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_audience&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"ba_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_section&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"ba_stage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_stage&post=887"},{"taxonomy":"ba_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderlessadvice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fba_location&post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}