Yes, if you live in an accommodation provided for by Eastmen, your room is free of charge.

Unfortunately this is not allowed as most landlords do not accept pets.

To be eligible for the Dutch AOW pension, you need to have lived or worked in the Netherlands for a certain number of years. If you are 50 years old or older, the minimum requirement is 10 years. If you are younger than 50 years old, you must have lived or worked in the Netherlands for at least 50% of the time between the age of 15 and the age at which you reach the AOW pension age. You can read more about it in our blog. 

This might be possible for a short period of time and it costs 100 euro per week extra. Please send your request to [email protected] and our colleagues from the support department will let you know if this is possible.

You might be eligible to get child benefits if you work or live in the Netherlands. You need to apply for it on the website of the SVB. You can read more about the conditions here.

PAWW is an additional social fee on the account of the employer (Eastmen) to ensure allowance when a person is sick or unemployed for the third year. We will deduct it, but we also add it back on your payslip further down. This is because it must be visible to authorities and the tax office. Eastmen then also pays the fee to the government.

Children under the age of 18 can be co-insured on your insurance. Did we arrange your insurance? Send us a request to register your child/children to [email protected]. Only after the registration they are insured. Did you arrange a private insurance? Then you need to contact them and ask them to register your child/children. Other family members need to get their own private insurance.

Yes, you can apply for a private health insurance in the Netherlands. There are a number of health insurance companies that you can choose from. You can read more about it here.

When you come to the Netherlands, you should bring the following documents with you:

• a valid ID (this can be your ID card if you are a national of a country from the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) or a passport if you are not a national of an EU or EEA country. The ID card or passport need to be valid for at least 2 more months after entering the Netherlands
• a valid bank account on your name, where you are able to receive your salary in euros
• proof of your BSN if you already have one. This needs to be a document that has your name and BSN on it like the BSN proof you received from the city hall, an old salary specification, a document from the tax authority (belastingdienst in Dutch) or an annual statement from your previous employer in the Netherlands (jaaropgave in Dutch).

If you are not feeling well, you need to call in sick by informing the company you work for (your foreman) and our support department, before the start of your workday/shift. When you are feeling better and will be going back to work, you also need to inform the company you work for and our support department.