You need to request a decision from us for each employee or former employee when:

• their sickness benefit ends because they reach state pension age (‘AOW-leeftijd’), are detained, reach the maximum amount of time they can receive a sickness benefit for or in case of death
• their occupational disability cannot be determined or can no longer be determined
• they are not or no longer entitled to the sickness benefit

You can also ask us for a decision when:

• you need us to confirm that the sickness benefit must now be paid out, even though this was previously not the case
• you need a decision about an advance payment
• you need a decision about a penalty (‘maatregel’)
• you need a decision about a change in the level or duration of the sickness benefit
• you need to pause or postpone a benefit

When filling in the form, you should choose the description that best fits your situation. Alternatively, you can select ‘other’ (‘anders, namelijk’) and explain.

Please note: If your employee or former employee asks you to request a decision from us, you must do so.

Submit your request and motivation for the request via Digipoort. If you prefer, you can complete the Request a decision about the sickness benefit form ('Verzoek om een beslissing over de Ziektewet-uitkering') and email it to info.erzw@uwv.nl.

Please include details about your employee’s or former employee’s occupational disability and any relevant documents that will help us evaluate your request. You should also keep the following information close to hand:

• your payroll tax number (‘loonheffingennummer’)
• your self-insured contributions code (‘sector en risicopremiegroep’)
• your employee’s or former employee’s name, citizen service number (‘BSN’) and date of birth

We will send you our decision by post within 2 weeks. We will also inform your employee or former employee of our decision and their right to object.