To apply for additional partner’s leave, use the Report an absence feature (‘Verzuimmelder’) on the employer portal and select ‘WAZO-verlof’.

You will need the following information when applying:

• the child’s date of birth
• the amount of leave your employee wishes to take (the minimum is 1 week, the maximum is 5 weeks)
• the date on which your employee would like their leave to start (the earliest date being 1 week after the standard leave began)

You will need to confirm your employee has already taken 1 week of standard leave. Standard leave cannot start any earlier than the day after the baby was born. It must be taken within 4 weeks of the baby’s birth.

Wait until the baby is born before applying for additional partner’s leave. You can apply as early as 4 weeks before the additional leave starts. Do not apply any later than 4 weeks after the last day of paid leave.

Your employee will receive a decision about their additional partner’s leave within the first 4 weeks of their paid leave. You will be sent a copy of this decision.

We will transfer the benefit payments to you once every 4 weeks. Or, you can receive the payments in one go. If you would prefer to have these benefit payments transferred directly to your employee, let us know in your application.