The employer applies for paid parental leave on behalf of the employee through the ‘Report an absence’ feature (‘Verzuimmelder’) in the employer portal (‘werkgeversportaal’) or via Digipoort by selecting ‘WAZO-verlof’.
If the employer is unable to apply in the employer portal, they can use the paper form instead:
A director and majority shareholder, or a person providing housekeeping services for the elderly or people with disabilities, can apply through Mijn UWV. If they are unable to do this, they can call us by phone.
Applying with a personal budget (‘persoonsgebonden budget, pgb’)
Budget holders ('budgethouders') need to apply on behalf of their care provider (‘zorgverlener’) using the form below. They can also ask the SVB ('Sociale Verzekeringsbank') to do this.
Care providers working through a personal budget (‘pgb-zorgverleners’) can also apply for the leave themselves by calling us.
The application for paid parental leave can only be submitted once the parent has taken at least 1 full working week of leave, based on their weekly working hours.
The application can only be submitted for full working weeks of leave and must be submitted within 1 year and 3 months after the first day of leave.
We can pay the leave in 1 payment or in instalments. Find out more about the payment of paid parental leave.
The application for paid parental leave also counts as the first payment request.
If the parent takes their leave in parts, up to 2 additional payment requests can be submitted after the initial application, each after part of the leave has been taken.
If the parent has already taken all of their leave, the application counts as the payment request for the full period of leave.
Employers
Employers submit a payment request through the employer portal or via Digipoort. If this is not possible, they can use the Paid parental leave payment request submission form (‘Indienen betaalverzoek betaald ouderschapsverlof’) instead.
Directors and majority shareholders or those providing housekeeping services for the elderly or people with disabilities
Directors and majority shareholders or those providing housekeeping services for the elderly or people with disabilities submit a payment request through Mijn UWV. If this is not possible, they can call us by phone.
Care providers (‘zorgverleners’) working through a personal budget
If the parent works for someone who receives a personal budget, the budget holder submits the payment requests using the Paid parental leave payment request submission form (‘Indienen betaalverzoek betaald ouderschapsverlof’). They can also ask the SVB to do this.
The following information is needed to apply for paid parental leave:
- the child’s date of birth
- the paid parental leave start date
- the total number of full working weeks of leave already taken
We will review whether the parent is entitled to paid parental leave and how much they will receive. We will send our decision within 4 weeks of receiving the application.
Report a change as soon as possible
If anything changes after the application has been submitted, please report this change to us immediately.
Objecting to our decision
Parents can object to our decision (in Dutch, ‘bezwaar maken’). The decision letter explains how to do this.