Copy ID: New rules for recruitment agencies

Employers are obliged to check the identity of employees, to assess the residency status and to keep a copy of the identity document in the administration. These operations will apply not only to employees / temporary employees from 1 January 2018, but also to job-seekers who have not yet been made available to a client but are eligible for it.

This is a consequence of an adjustment of the Workforce Allocation Act by intermediaries (Waadi). The reason for the amendment of the law is that it is useful that the validity of this document can be checked at an early stage (ie already during the recruitment and selection process) whether candidates are authorized to work in the Netherlands.