Holiday allowance
Your Anw holiday allowance is paid in May. The exact amount is shown in My SVB as from 1 May, under ‘betaaloverzicht’ (statement of payments).
You build up holiday allowance from May to April every year. Over this 12-month period, your holiday allowance grows by a small amount every month. If your Anw benefit starts later than May, you will get less holiday allowance for that year.
Example 1
You started receiving an Anw benefit in August 2020. You will build up holiday allowance for 9 months from August 2020 to April 2021. You will receive your first payment of holiday allowance in May 2021. This is holiday allowance for a 9-month period. Starting from May 2021, you will build up holiday allowance for a 12-month period every year.
People who work for an employer normally receive 8% of their gross annual wage in holiday allowance. This is different for your Anw benefit. Your holiday allowance is based on the Dutch minimum wage . If you want more information about how we calculate the holiday allowance, please contact us.