FAQ Blue Lynx

Blue Lynx is your employer.

As a contractor or temporary staff you are seconded to the client who then supervises and manages your work. Blue Lynx is responsible for your employment contract, payroll, leave administration, sick leave administration, pension (where applicable), timesheet administration, contract extensions and negotiations, travel reimbursement(s), deduction of social premiums and taxes. Blue Lynx is your representative at the client for all employment matters.

• Verified ID (passport, id card and or residence permit)
• BSN number
• Health insurance details
• Emergency contact details
• Bank account number
• Employment history overview (when applicable)
• References (when applicable)
• Copies of diploma’s etc (when applicable)
• Certificate of good conduct as part of their security clearance process (when applicable)

The company/organisation where you are seconded to manages and supervises your work. The exception to the rule is when Blue Lynx hires staff under a detacherings-contract. In this case, Blue Lynx manages and supervises the project.

You are obliged to abide by the instructions, rules and regulations of the company/organisation where you are seconded to.

Working hours are stated in your employment contract. You will need to conform to the working hours of the company/organisation where you are seconded to before you start your secondment.

This is a legal record of the hours worked. This is an integral part of the invoice that Blue Lynx submits to its client. Without this timesheet, Blue Lynx is unable to issue an invoice. Furthermore, Blue Lynx processes all payroll in accordance to timesheets. An accurate timesheet results in a correct and timely payroll process.

Blue Lynx administers sick pay deductions, overtime payments, travel costs,  business travel expenses submitted by the last working day of the month, within the next month’s payroll.

Blue Lynx is responsible for the administration of your leave requests (annual leave, special leave, etc).

Unless otherwise agreed – leave can only be taken when the sufficient hours have been accumulated. For your leave entitlement, please refer to your employment contract.

NOTE: Blue Lynx does not have an unpaid leave policy.

Blue Lynx is the first port of call when there is an emergency – so it is essential that we know your whereabouts.

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Dutch public holidays are paid in full when they coincide with your normal working days. A part-timer has fixed working days and cannot chop and change to get extra paid bank holidays.

• You are entitled to 16 hours per year of special leave for medical consultation(s) when you are employed full time on a 12-month contract. Otherwise, it is calculated pro-rata
• When leave of absence is necessary during working hours, Blue Lynx shall permit contractors/temporary staff to take special leave, subject to prior request, in the following cases for a period not exceeding the duration applying to any one case:

A. For preliminary application formalities for the Employee’s own wedding – 1 full day
B. On the occasion of the Employee’s wedding – 2 full days
C. When the Employee’s spouse gives birth – 1 full day
D. On the occasion of the wedding of a child, brother, sister, parent or grandparent of the Employee
E. On the 25th, 40th and 50th wedding anniversaries (and subsequently every 5 years) of the Employee or Employee’s parents, grandparents or child
F. On the death of the spouse of the Employee or of a child belonging to the family – Time of death up to and including the day of the funeral
G. On the death of either of the Employee’s parents – 2 full days
H. On the death of one of the Employee’s grandparents, brother, sister, grandchild or child not referred to under F. – 1 full day

Yes, Blue Lynx adheres to the ABU Collective Labour Agreement for Temporary Employees and works in accordance with the system of Phases (Phase A, B, C).  This forms an integral part of a contractor and temporary staff employment contract. Please check this site for a thorough explanation of the Phase system contractors and temporary staff are paid monthly. Payroll occurs at the end of each month.

Payments are made monthly.

There are three exceptions to this rule:

1. When Blue Lynx notices that your timesheet is continuously late, payroll is only released once your timesheet is received.
2. On completion of your first month of employment, you will only be payrolled once Blue Lynx has received a correctly filled in and authorised timesheet. Taking into consideration that timesheets are submitted at the end of the month your payroll will be administered slightly later than all other months.
3. On completion of employment payroll is made after your last timesheet has been received. This is due to rounding off your payroll i.e., accumulated vacation days/hours, overtime, travel passes and business travel expenses, and the deduction of sick days (wachtdagen) etc.

January is the month that all employers issue all employees with a jaaropgave (official annually salary statement). Should you have worked for more than one employer during the previous year you will receive a jaaropgave from each employer.
NOTE: The jaaropgave is only issued once. Make sure you keep your in a safe place.

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