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The Inspectorate SZW started on 1 January 2012.
The Inspectorate SZW combines the organisations and the activities of the former Labour Inspectorate, the Work and Income Inspectorate and the Social and Intelligence Investigation Service of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
Some of the publications on this website still carry the name and characteristics of or refer to the former Labour Inspectorate. However, the content of these publications is still relevant. The brochures will be revised in time.
Supervision by the Inspectorate SZW
Although the Inspectorate SZW is a new organisation, the core tasks remain the same:
- Supervision of compliance with the regulations in the area of working conditions and the prevention of major hazards involving dangerous substances.
- Supervision of compliance with the regulations concerning illegal employment and minimum wages.
- Carrying out investigations into the lawfulness and efficiency of the implementation of the social security laws by the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV), the Social Insurance Bank (SVB), municipal government and other organisations (as well as the effectiveness).
- Detecting fraud, exploitation and organised crime within the chain of work and income (exploitation in employment, human trafficking and large-scale fraud in the area of social security). This work is carried out under the direction of the Public Prosecution Service.
- Identifying developments and risks in the working area of Social Affairs and Employment and reporting these to interested parties.
By combining the three organisations into one, supervision over the compliance with rules and regulations across the whole range of Social Affairs and Employment can be organised more cleverly, more effectively and with greater efficiency. This is achieved on the basis of risk analysis across the breadth of Social Affairs and Employment and by using a carefully chosen mixture of:
- preventive actions (providing information about rights and obligations);
- inspections;
- investigations;
- repressive interventions (such as fines and the enforcement of criminal law).
Priorities of the Inspectorate SZW
The Inspectorate SZW is selective in its supervision: it sets priorities on the basis of risk analysis over the whole range of the working area within the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. This means that the Inspectorate is able to use its capacity efficiently where necessary in order to gain results. On the basis of the results of the risk analysis for the year 2012, the Inspectorate has designated a high priority to the following task areas for the coming years:
- illegal employment;
- exploitation in employment;
- companies that score badly in general concerning safety in the workplace;
- companies that work with dangerous substances;.
- benefit fraud.
As in the case of all risk analyses, these represent snapshots of particular points in time.
For questions or reports contact the Inspectorate SZW:
Contact and digital complaint form
Inspectie SZW (Inspectorate SZW)
PO Box 820
3500 AV Utrecht
Email: please use our Dutch contact form
Telephone: 0800 - 5151 (free from within the Netherlands)
Telephone: +31 70 - 333 44 44 (calling from outside the Netherlands)
Fax: +31(0)70 - 333 61 61
To report a complaint you may also use our digital complaint form.