Minimum Wage and Minimum Holiday Allowance Act (WML)
The statutory minimum wage per hour.
Official source →Netherlands
Agency crews inside Dutch rules, before the audit asks.
For groups with warehouses, plants and agency crews in the Netherlands.
Teamnet checks pay against the minimum wage on hours worked, hours against the Working Hours Act, and work permits for each crew - for your own staff and agency workers alike.
Distribution centre Venlo - 340 peoplePay per hour checked against the minimum wage
CheckedAgency crews - 4 firmsWork permits current
CheckedAgency firm - 1Registration document awaited
Reminder sentThe real problem
Agency crews carry the risk into your site.
Warehouses and plants in the Netherlands rely on agency and contractor crews, and the chain can answer for wages that went unpaid.
Agency crewsMany firms, many nationalities.
Minimum wage per hourChecked on hours actually worked.
Work permitsEach foreign worker needs the right papers.
Chains of firmsWages owed can travel up the chain.
What Teamnet does in Netherlands
Pay, hours and papers, read every month.
One record for employees and agency crews.
- Pay per hour checked against the statutory minimum wage
- Hours and rest checked against the Working Hours Act
- Work permits and identity checked for every foreign worker
- Agency firms and their registrations on one record
What changes
Compliance, HR and operations see the same facts.
- Team
- HRAgency and own staff on one record.
- OperationsOnly cleared crews on shift.
- FinanceAgency bills matched to hours worked.
- Group complianceDutch sites beside every other country.
The law
The laws you answer to in the Netherlands.
Each law named, with its official source.
Working Hours Act (Arbeidstijdenwet)
Working hours, breaks and rest.
Official source →Foreign Nationals Employment Act (Wav)
Work permits for workers from outside the EU.
Official source →Placement of Personnel by Intermediaries Act (Waadi)
Rules for agency work.
Official source →If it goes wrong
The penalty clock: minimum wage underpayment.
What the law does, step by step, if it is missed. Teamnet flags each step before its date, for your own staff and every contractor.
- Per workerFine up to 10,000 euro per underpaid worker. Official source
- Per workerFine up to 12,000 euro per worker if you cannot prove wages paid and hours worked. Official source
- 4 weeks after noticeArrears must be paid within 4 weeks of an NLA notice. Official source
- Each day after thatUp to 500 euro per worker per day unpaid, capped at 40,000 euro per worker. Official source
- Using agenciesIf an agency underpays workers placed with you, they can claim from you; hirers are fined for using unregistered agencies. Official source
Enforced by Netherlands Labour Authority (NLA). Sources checked 11 November 2026. Not legal advice.
Standards
The standards your customers and group ask about.
- ILO core labour standards: no forced or child labour, freedom of association, no discrimination
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
- ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety
Teamnet is the tool your compliance, operations and audit teams work in, so nothing is missed. Your auditors and certifiers keep their own role.
Sources last checked: 11 November 2026. Every official source linked on this page was opened on that date. Not legal advice: the law and the authority decide; read the official source and take advice for your own case.
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