1. Meal allowance

You may be eligible for a meal allowance during business trips and meetings or if you work overtime. If you work more than two hours of overtime and the University does not provide a meal, you are eligible for an overtime meal allowance of up to €23,71. If you pay for a meal during a business meeting, you may submit an expense claim for this. However, you are expected to exercise reasonable judgment. You can submit expense claims for meals through Self Service.

Different rules apply to expense claims for meals during business trips. Find our more on the business travel page.

2. University emergency response team allowance

If you are a member of the University emergency response team, you bear extra responsibility alongside the responsibility in your regular post. You attend a couple of (emergency response) exercises and will receive a gross annual allowance for this. This can be as high as € 320, if you attend a minimum of 6 exercises. Furthermore, you may be eligible for the following additional allowances:

• If you wear breathing apparatus, you receive an extra gross allowance of € 135 per year.
• If you are the team leader of the emergency response team, you receive an extra gross allowance of € 120 per year.
• If you have been a member of the emergency response team for five years without interruption, you will receive an extra gross allowance of € 220 per year.

3. Computer glasses

If you use a screen for at least two hours per day and have difficulty seeing the screen despite wearing regular glasses or lenses, you may be eligible for an allowance for computer glasses and the cost of an eye examination by an optician.

Conditions

• The optician's examination must focus on the eyes in relation to computer work. Normal eye correction devices will not be reimbursed.
• The display screen glasses must be purchased from an optician.
• You receive a maximum of € 375 (including VAT) towards to the cost of computer glasses.
• You must submit an original invoice from the optician, which states that it is for display screen glasses. The invoice from the optician states the costs of the eye examination, the costs of the frame and the glasses.
• The invoice must be from the year in which the declaration is requested.
• Does an eye examination by an optician show that you need new display screen glasses sooner (than after three years)? Then you can - if the optician thinks it is required - within three years, reapply for reimbursement of both the computer glasses and the eye examination. 

Claiming the allowance

Fill in the form Computer glasses allowance together with the original invoice. The eye examination, frame and lenses must be specified individually on the invoice. You will be paid the allowance with your salary.

University doctor

You will only need to visit the University doctor if your application exceeds the maximum of € 375, in which case you must take the results of your last eye examination with you to your appointment. The University doctor will need to provide a written statement confirming that these specific computer glasses are essential. Enclose the doctor’s statement with your claim.