• You have not worked for this employer before.
• You have worked for this employer in the past but performed a different role within the organisation at the time.

Your employer must sign a statement of intent (‘intentieverklaring’) before your trial placement begins. This guarantees you will be offered a contract for at least 6 months if the trial placement goes well. You will continue working the same number of hours as you did during your trial placement.

Please note: Your employer cannot add a probation period (‘proeftijd’) to your employment contract if you have passed your trial placement. 

To seek permission for a trial placement, complete the Permission form for a trial placement (‘aanvragen proefplaatsing’). You will need to log in to Mijn UWV using either your DigiD account or a valid European electronic ID (‘Europees erkend inlogmiddel’) to do this.  

Make sure your employer signs both the completed form and the statement of intent and returns the form to you. Scan and upload the fully completed and signed form as an attachment in a message in your work folder (‘werkmap’) on Mijn UWV.  

If you are receiving a sickness benefit (‘Ziektewet-uitkering’), upload the signed form as an attachment to the online form.  

You can also post the form to us by mail to the following address: 

UWV
Postbus 59517
1040 LA Amsterdam 

Please note: If your employer thinks a longer trial placement is needed, they must ask us for permission on the form. They must also explain clearly why they need more time to assess whether the job is a good fit for you. 

You can start the trial placement once you have received our permission. If we do not give you permission for a trial placement, we will send you a letter explaining our decision.  

You can expect to receive a decision within 2 weeks, however if we need more information from you, it may take longer. For example, we might need to assess whether the trial placement will be a good fit. If an assessment is needed, we will send you a letter about this.