After 104 weeks of sickness, your Dutch employment contract does not end automatically. Your employer may seek UWV permission to dismiss you only if the required conditions are met, including an unfavourable 26-week recovery prognosis and the absence of suitable adjusted or alternative work. The parties may instead end the contract through a settlement agreement, but your WIA position, reintegration file, transition payment, notice period and any immigration consequences should be checked before anything is signed.<\/p>