• You want to check that your employee will be able to return to work without changing their work hours or duties, and by when.
  • You have adjusted your employee’s work duties, or have given them a new role inside or outside of the company, and you want to check if these arrangements suit your employee’s current ability.
  • You want to check that your employee has put in enough effort to return to work.
  • You want to check that you have done enough to support your employee’s return-to-work process.
  • Your employee is frequently absent due to illness.

To seek an expert opinion, complete the Seek an expert opinion for your employee form (‘Aanvragen deskundigenoordeel door werkgever’). You will need to log onto the employer portal with your EH3 level eHerkenning account to do this.

Keep in mind that you will need to use a separate form for each of the situations described above. So, if you want to seek an expert opinion on more than 1 situation, you will need to complete this form more than once.
  • your payroll tax number (‘loonheffingennummer’)
  • your employee’s citizen service number (BSN), date of birth, address and contact information
  • your employee’s first day of absence due to illness
  • your employee’s work hours per week according to their employment contract
  • the date on which you stopped paying your employee’s salary (if applicable)
  • the address and contact information of the occupational health and safety service (‘arbodienst’) or occupational health physician (‘bedrijfsarts’)
  • the documents required for your specific situation (in Dutch)

The cost to seek an expert opinion is € 400 per request. Once you have received the expert’s opinion we will inform you on how to pay.

Please note: There is no cost if you need an expert opinion for a dismissal request. This applies to the following situations:

  • If you need to dismiss an employee because they are not cooperating with their return-to-work plan.
  • If you need to dismiss an employee because they are frequently absent due to illness.

You will usually receive the expert opinion within 4 weeks.

We will send you and your employee a copy of the expert’s opinion. Your employee will also receive a copy of your request and any documents you submitted.