Occupational health for international employers in the Netherlands
Dutch sick-leave law, handled in plain English.
Sickness absence in the Netherlands runs on statutory deadlines and two years of employer obligations. York and Philip is a physician-led occupational health practice that manages it for you: cases handled by doctors, every deadline tracked, every report written in English your HR team can act on.
The English-language practice of [de Kunst van Werken], Amsterdam.
The Poortwachter clock
From day one of sick leave, the law starts a clock.
The Wet verbetering poortwachter sets fixed milestones for every case of sickness absence. Miss one and the employer risks a third year of mandatory wage payment. We run this clock for you.
Week 6
Problem analysis by the occupational physician
Week 8
Action plan agreed between employer and employee
Week 42
Sick report filed with UWV, the benefits agency
Week 52
First-year evaluation of the reintegration file
Week 93
WIA benefit application with the full file attached
Week 104
End of the two-year wage-payment obligation
What we do
One practice for the whole employee health file.
Everything is delivered in English, under Dutch law, by occupational physicians and physicians. Final medical responsibility rests with a registered occupational physician.
Absence management
Case management of sickness absence under the Poortwachter framework: consultations, problem analysis, reintegration advice and the complete statutory file.
Consultation hours
Direct access to a physician for your employees: preventive consultations before absence starts, without a referral.
Periodic medical examinations
PMO and statutory PME programmes, designed around your workforce and reported at group level.
Pre-employment medicals
Job-specific medical assessments where the role legally allows them, handled quickly so hiring is not held up.
Return-to-work support
Practical reintegration plans that respect medical confidentiality while giving HR something concrete to execute.
How it works
Working with us, in three steps.
1 · Intro call and contract
We map your workforce and obligations, then set up the statutory basic contract Dutch law requires between employer and occupational health provider.
2 · Your team meets their physician
Employees get a named doctor and direct scheduling: consultations in English, in person in Amsterdam or by video.
3 · HR gets clarity, on schedule
Every consultation produces a structured English report with clear advice, and we track each statutory deadline so nothing slips.
Why international employers choose us.
Physician-led
Your cases are handled by doctors, not by a call centre working through a script.
Reports HR can act on
Structured, plain-English reporting: what happened, what it means, what to do next.
Deadline-proof
Statutory Poortwachter milestones are tracked per case, so obligations are met before they become fines.
Your data, on your system
We recommend you run the absence software yourself, and we help you set it up, so the record stays with you: the house rule we inherit from [de Kunst van Werken]. If you would rather not, it lives on our system instead.
Talk to a physician, not a sales team.
A thirty-minute intro call: your obligations mapped, our approach explained, and a clear proposal within a week.
info@yorkandphilip.co.uk · Amsterdam