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This year, has ushered in new developments and launched new initiative —all with the goal of preparing leaders, businesses and skilled professionals for the future of work.
A new platform feature calculates and withholds tax obligations automatically for placements spanning multiple EU jurisdictions, eliminating a manual reconciliation step that agencies previously handled in spreadsheets outside the platform. The rollout covers the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and France at launch, with additional jurisdictions planned for later this year based on customer demand.
The Dutch DBA Act (Deregulering Beoordeling Arbeidsrelaties) enforces joint responsibility of clients and contractors to prevent false self-employment. The Netherlands Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) assesses working relationships; if a zzp'er (self-employed professional) does not meet entrepreneurship conditions, they face additional tax assessments, repayment of tax benefits, and potential fines. Clients may owe payroll tax, pension contributions, and fines. From 1 January 2025, unintentional false self-employment triggers retroactive assessments; intentional cases can be backdated further. Model agreements remain valid until 2029 but do not guarantee protection. A new Self-Employment Act (Zelstandigenwet) is announced for 1 January 2028, introducing two tests for self-employment and a special commission. Businesses hiring freelancers must reassess working relationships to avoid financial and legal consequences. Some Hyperlink Here
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The Platform Work Act will also apply to intermediaries and employment agencies if they use a digital work platform to make freelancers available. The risk that these freelancers will be retroactively classified as temporary workers employed by the employment agency is therefore greatly increased.
On October 1, 2026, we will introduce our Sham Self-Employment Knowledge Base. To this end, we have collected, explained and clearly structured the rules surrounding bogus self-employment throughout Europe, country by country. So that everyone who hires, places or mediates freelancers sees the complete picture at a glance.
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