WILLEMSTAD - Giving your staff financial compensation for taking the vaccine is permitted under employment law. Lawyers from HBN Tax & Law wrote this in a special bulletin.
The payment of bonuses is in fact bound by few rules and the employer can determine the reason for this, as long as there is no arbitrariness. If this is the case, this could be contrary to good employment practices.
With a vaccination bonus, the practical effect must also be taken into account, because due to privacy legislation, there is almost never the possibility for an employer to register medical data of personnel. This is only possible with a special exception rule, such as for companies where this is necessary for professional practice.