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📳 0800-5151 
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Working and living in The Netherlands

Free movement body (FMB)

Authorities designated as free movement bodies - FMBs (what are FMBs?):

The Netherlands has designated multiple free movement bodies with complementary roles. These bodies cover policy coordination, information and support services, legal assistance and enforcement related to the free movement of workers.

Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (policy and coordination) - Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid

Overall responsible for promoting equal treatment of EU workers.

Main areas of support

• Acts as a national contact point for cross-border cooperation
• Carries out awareness-raising activities

Who can contact this FMB to get assistance 
Workers and their family members

Working language 
Bulgarian; Dutch; English; Polish; Romanian; Spanish

Contact

• Official website [Work in NL]

Work in NL (information and support services)

Provides information, help and support on living and working in the Netherlands for (EU) workers.

Main areas of support

• Provides information on free movement rights
• Supports workers
• Refers cases to competent authorities

Who can contact this FMB to get assistance 
Workers and their family members

Working language 
Bulgarian; Dutch; English; Polish; Romanian; Spanish

Contact

• Official website [Work in NL]

Legal Service Counter (legal assistance) - Juridisch Loket

Het Juridisch Loket (Legal Service Counter) is an independent, public non-profit legal service provider that helps everyone with a legal question and low income, free of charge. EU migrant workers are helped in their own language by legal advisors who have roots in the same countries.

Main areas of support

• Provides free first-line legal assistance to labour migrants on issues related to work, housing, contracts, family or wages
• Offers free legal advice in migrants’ own languages, including Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Greek, Spanish and Turkish
• Explains rights and obligations clearly to help migrants understand their legal position
• Contacts employers or other parties to clarify disputes or resolve problems, and escalates when necessary
• Refers migrants to a lawyer when necessary and helps prepare legal steps
• Works with partners (e.g. FairWork, Barka, WorkinNL) to provide accessible local support in regions with many labour migrants

Who can contact this FMB to get assistance 
Workers and their family members; social partners; national, regional and local authorities; public bodies (cooperation, referrals, knowledge sharing and awareness-raising activities)

Working language 
Bulgarian; Dutch; English; Greek; Hungarian; Polish; Romanian; Spanish

Contact

• Official website [Juridisch Loket]

Additional information

• Information for labour migrants (EN) [Juridisch Loket]
• Information in Polish [Juridisch Loket]
• Information in Ukrainian [Juridisch Loket]
• Information in Spanish [Juridisch Loket]
• Information in Romanian [Juridisch Loket]
• Information in Bulgarian [Juridisch Loket]

Dutch Labour Authority (enforcement and inspections) - Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie

Dutch Labour Inspectorate responsible for ensuring safe and healthy working conditions.

Main areas of support

• Ensures safe and healthy working conditions
• Prevents exploitation
• Investigates accidents and complaints

Who can contact this FMB to get assistance 
Workers and their family members

Working language 
Bulgarian; Dutch; English; Polish; Romanian; Spanish

Contact

• Official website [Dutch Labour Authority]