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Home-working allowance

If your work allows it, you can work partly from home and partly from a university location. How exactly this combination looks for you depends on your own work and that of your team.

You will receive a home-working allowance, which consists of two components: €2 per home-working day and €25 per month of internet allowance.

From 1 November 2024, we have a new mobility policy that encourages sustainable commuting. You can keep track of your trips and allowances in the Shuttel app. The new mobility policy also has consequences for the reimbursement of your business trips in the Netherlands, your internet allowance, and the kilometre allowance via the Terms of Employment Individual Choices Model.

Use Shuttel for your home-working allowance

To receive this allowance, it is important that you register your home-working day in Shuttel no later than on the last day of the following month. This can be done via the app or My Shuttel (for desktop and laptop). In the Shuttel Quick Guide, you can read step by step how to do this. 

More information about Shuttel

What you need to know about working from home

Make agreements with your manager

Working from home is not a legal right and not all jobs are suitable for working from home. If you want to work partly from home, discuss your wishes and the available options with your manager. Together, you make clear arrangements about the facilities, the time you spend working from home or at the office, and how you work together. Employees who can work from home at least one day a week:

  • Have a job that allows them to work from home, and
  • Spend at least 40% of their working hours at the office.

Register on time in Shuttel

Every month, you fill in your home-working days and commuting days in Shuttel. If you fail to register your home-working days, you will not receive a home-working allowance. Register your home-working day no later than on the last day of the following month. If you enter your home-working days in Shuttel before the end of the month, your home-working allowance will be paid out in the following month. This does not require the approval of your manager. You will be reimbursed for the days you actually work from home and that you register.

Changes in allowance

The way the home-working allowance is currently structured is subject to potential fiscal changes.

Questions and conditions

When am I not eligible for a home-working allowance? How to receive a commuting allowance? How do I receive an internet allowance? Do I receive a home-working allowance if I work from abroad?

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