MBO institution in The Hague scraps lowest salary scales
ROC Mondriaan from The Hague abolishes the lowest two salary scales. The minimum wage at the school is 2300 euros gross per month. The school sees that the cost of living has skyrocketed and wants its staff and students to "build their future without too much worry."
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Policy officer and member of the works council Kees Steenkamer is proud of his school, ROC Mondriaan in The Hague. "Just before the summer, concerns about inflation and its effect on staff and students arose. Those concerns were shared by the Works Council, but to our delight also by our Executive Board. That we can help employees in the lowest scales and students so quickly makes me very proud."
Facility staff in the lowest salary scales, such as cleaners and janitors employed by the ROC, will particularly benefit from the measures. It concerns about 70 people, says Steenkamer. With retroactive effect - from January 2022 - they will receive 2300 euros gross for a full-time job. The school scraps scale 1 and scale 2, and in scales 3 to 7, 2300 euros gross becomes the minimum wage for full-time work. This produces a positive difference of almost 300 euros gross per month for employees, according to the roc.
We are also very happy that something is being done for our students
Free breakfast for students
The Works Council agrees with all the measures taken by the school. The institution has about 2400 employees. They all receive a one-off net payment of 250 euros 'for support and appreciation', partly in October and partly in January. In addition, the end-of-year bonus will arrive in the bank account at least one month earlier this year. Steenkamer: "But we are also very happy that something is being done for our students. The school is located in the middle of the big city, all problems from society come to us. Recently, for example, we have noticed that students are increasingly going without breakfast come to school."
The ROC is therefore currently conducting a pilot with a free school breakfast. The school wants to find out whether there is interest in this and whether it is the right form to help the students, according to an internal communication message.
This is very good employership, which this MBO institution demonstrates
From January 1, the government will increase the minimum wage for everyone in the Netherlands by 10 percent. But even then, ROC Mondriaan is more generous with its own minimum wage than is required from the cabinet. AObdirector Henrik de Moel: "This is a very decent employership, which this MBO institution shows. Especially for people at the bottom of the labor market who are struggling financially."
De AOb conducted a survey of education staff on inflation. Read the results here
