Older and partially disabled unemployed workers' benefit (IOAW).

You can get IOAW benefit from the municipality if you were born before 1 January 1965 and became unemployed after your 50th birthday. This benefit supplements the (family) income up to social security level You will receive the benefit on application after your WW benefit has stopped. 

More information on the IOAW can be found on the central government website.

How does it work?

• you can apply for benefits through work.com. You log in with your DigiD.
• Your application goes to the municipality. Then you will automatically receive notification of whether you will receive the benefit.

Terms

You can get IOAW benefits if you meet some conditions:

• you were born before January 1, 1965 and became unemployed on or after age 50 and you received WW benefits for more than 3 months;
• You can no longer receive unemployment benefits;
• you were born before Jan. 1, 1965, and received WGA benefits (work resumption partial disability) on or after age 50, but these benefits were stopped because your reexamination showed that you were less than 35% incapacitated for work;
• You have insufficient income to live on. You can find the maximum income you may receive at the bottom of this page under the heading 'net amounts IOAW'.

Will you be or become unemployed between Sept. 30, 2006 and Jan. 1, 2020? Were or are you 60 years of age or older at that time? If so, you cannot apply for IOAW benefit. You are, however, entitled to IOW benefit. You can apply for this via the UWV website.

Cost-sharing standard

Do you receive IOAW benefits and live with others aged 27 or older in the same house? If so, the cost-sharing standard may apply to you.

The cost-sharing standard is the IOAW benefit you receive if you live in the same house with one or more adults aged 27 or older. These are the so-called cost-sharing partners. These can be your children, but also other residents. Boarders can help pay for your housing costs. That's why a cost-sharing benefit is lower. This does not apply if the live-in residents are students who can receive student loans. These students do not count toward the amount of the benefit. Residents with benefits keep their cost-sharing standard.

Labor Duty

If you receive IOAW benefits, you - and your partner, if any - are subject to the obligation to work. The obligation to work entails the following:

• You seek employment and accept an offer of employment;
• you use a provision of the municipality that can get you working or otherwise active;
• You are cooperating in an investigation of your employment opportunities.

If you do not comply with this, the municipality may temporarily reduce your benefit entitlement. You will then receive less benefit.

Duty to inquire

Within the IOAW, you - and your partner, if any - are subject to the obligation to provide information. This includes the following:

• you must disclose, upon request or as soon as possible on your own, anything that may affect eligibility for benefits or employment.

If you do not or not sufficiently comply with the obligation to provide information, the municipality must review or withdraw the right to the benefit. This may mean that the municipality will reclaim assistance. In addition, the municipality determines whether a fine must be imposed.