175 million extra available to relieve workload for
A one-off extra 175 million is available to tackle the workload in secondary education. For employees, this means, among other things, that they will receive 23 hours for workload relief this school year, on top of the 40 hours that had already been agreed. They can also have those extra hours paid out.
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That there is an extra 175 million to distribute is what you would call a pleasant surprise. In the Education agreement it was already established this spring that a structural amount of 300 million euros per year available comes for work pressure reduction. The money will be transferred to the school boards this month, in November. Unions and employers have made agreements about this that came into effect last August with the current school year 2022/2023. But the extra financing will start as of January 2022 and for the first seven months until last summer, there is still a one-off 175 million available.
The social partners discussed how to spend that money to sit. Just like with the previous appointments half (87,5 million) will go to individual rights for employees, in the form of 23 hours for work pressure reduction. These hours are in addition to the 40 hours that had already been added to the 'old' personal budget of 50 hours for this school year. Also for those extra 23 hours, just like for the previous 40 hours, the option to have them paid out this year.
Great urgency
“It's great that these resources are available”, responds AObdirector Jelmer Evers. “Many colleagues have the 40 hours paid out because of the high inflation and that will also be the case with this extra money. Unfortunately, we have seen a number of examples of employers who have proposed not to pay out the hours until the end of the school year. We think that's a very bad thing. The money is in the account of the boards, we have made an agreement about this and the need is high among many colleagues. I assume most employers will act on this and if not, colleagues can contact us.”
Many colleagues have the 40 hours paid out because of the high inflation and that will also be the case with this extra money
The other half of the extra resources will go to a collective approach, in which teams at schools jointly decide how they want to reduce the workload. These plans must be supported and supported by a majority of the staff and the staff section of the participation council. It is possible to spread the extra money over several years.
See also CAO page for secondary education. Also check this one AObwebinars about the work pressure equipment individually, the working pressure means for the collective approach at school, and answers to questions from the audience.
