TOFA applications by June 22 for flex workers in Corona crisis

June 16, 2020

Flexworkers with substantial loss of income due to the Corona crisis can, as it stands now, apply to the UWV for the Temporary Transitional Arrangement for Flexible Workforce (TOFA) starting June 22. Currently, the UWV is hard at work setting up and testing the application and benefit process. 

For which flex workers is the TOFA scheme intended?

The TOFA scheme is intended to For those who in February 2020 exceed 400 euros had gross income (threshold amount), and in April 2020 lost more than half of it in income. They are eligible for a fixed one-time gross allowance of 550 euros per month for the months of March 2020, April 2020 and May 2020. During this period, the applicant must not have received benefits. The conditions for the TOFA scheme published on June 11, 2020, can be found here.

At the request of the House of Representatives, both the threshold amount and the relief amount are lower than in the original cabinet proposal. In this way, the group of people entitled to the scheme is widened. It also allows for more students for eligible.

More information can be found at: uwv.nl/tofa

The benefits of flex workers in a back office temp agency

If you as a business owner work a lot with flexible employees, such as temporary workers, then, especially in these uncertain Corona times, it is a good idea to house this group of employees in a back office support as those of Payoffice B.V. In addition to taking a lot of administrative work off your hands, we can also keep your temporary workers, through flexible deployment, working better. In this way, you retain your scarce hired group of employees and the temporary worker has less chance of losing income. Outsource the personnel administration and recruitment and selection of employees to us, Then, in addition, you keep more time left for things that need your attention now.

Would you like to learn more about the benefits of working with a back office administration as that of Payoffice, please feel free to take a look at our website. You can also contact our team of specialists by phone without any obligation 040 3038500 Or you can send us an e-mail info@payoffice.nl.

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