Since 1 July 2020, partners can take a maximum of five weeks of additional birth leave. During this leave, the partner does not receive a salary, but a benefit from the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV). This benefit is a maximum of 70% of the daily wage (to a maximum of 70% of the maximum daily wage). Because this is a benefit, no pension is accrued during the additional birth leave (and no pension premium is paid). This means that as an employer, you enter the pensionable salary of the employee in question as € 0 during this period. However, the pension scheme will continue to apply in the event of death and occupational disability. Partners are entitled to additional birth leave if their child is born on or after 1 July 2020.