Legal advice: Individual choice budget in secondary education
Miss Petra has a full-time job in a secondary school. Every year, she takes up her 50 hours of individual choice budget for leave. She wonders whether she can do more with this budget.
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This is discussed in chapter 7 of the collective labor agreement. For example, in addition to taking leave, you can use these hours to adjust your activities. This does not lead to a lower annual task, but it can give you more 'air' in your work, for example you can opt for a lower lesson task or a reduction in other tasks.
Saving
But more can be done. For example, there is the option of saving these hours, whereby the accrued balance can be used as leave at a later time. Furthermore, the hours of the basic budget can be 'capitalized', making it possible to spend this value on a contribution towards the costs of childcare or an increase in pension entitlements.
Cash out
For employees up to and including scale 8, it is even possible to have the hours of the basic budget paid out; this means an amount of 50 times the hourly wage. The collective labor agreement states that an employer cannot exclude any of these options.
Replacement contract
Those who have a replacement contract will not receive the 50 hours of individual choice budget. The replacement is entitled to a higher hourly wage for these 50 hours. This concerns 3 percent extra salary per hour.
