Care institutions are trying to reduce the use of self-employed professionals (zzp’ers), but research shows that this is not easy. Many care organizations rely almost entirely on zzp’ers. It is necessary to reduce this reliance because the Tax Authorities are conducting stricter checks on bogus self-employment this year.
Stopping the use of self-employed professionals is not easy, care organizations tell Zorgvisie. The trade journal asked questions to eighty care organizations, which together have a turnover of more than 20 billion euros. 28 institutions say they have already stopped using self-employed professionals, but 52 still use the services of zzp’ers.
The vast majority of those 52 organizations are working on phasing out the use of zzp’ers. However, this is not easy, and a handful of institutions indicate that they sometimes have to choose between using zzp’ers or scaling down care.
Care institutions want to use fewer zzp’ers because the Tax Authorities have been cracking down on bogus self-employment since the beginning of this year. This has caused a lot of unrest in healthcare, where many organizations rely on zzp’ers. Organizations are still resorting to self-employed professionals because they have no other choice.
One of the larger care organizations states in the Zorgvisie research that it has already reduced the use of zzp’ers by 80 percent and wants to be completely finished in the summer. As a result, the scaling down of care in certain situations seems to “become inevitable” according to the organization.