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

If you live within 15 km from your workplace and would prefer to bike to work instead of driving, you can send an email to [email protected] and request an electrical bicycle. Using the bicycle to commute to work costs €17.50 per week and is subject to availability.

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 coordinators 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.

Yes, that is possible. You can arrange this among yourselves.

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.