Po personnel in WW will receive more money from this month
The non-statutory unemployment benefit for primary education staff will increase by more than 12 percent due to indexation. In the month of November, this group will receive a one-off additional payment for 2022.
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It concerns about four thousand people, Anton Bodegraven knows, who speaks on behalf of the AOb in the Replacement Fund/Participation Fund (VfPf).
This group receives unemployment benefits as laid down by law for every Dutch citizen. In addition, agreements have been made in education collective agreements for so-called 'extra-statutory' unemployment benefits, such as in the Unemployment Scheme for Primary Education Teaching Staff (Wopo).
For example, an additional amount: for example, that someone receives 75 percent of the last wage earned in the first few months instead of 70 percent. Or subsequent amounts: that after the statutory unemployment benefit period, the benefit from the Wopo will be continued for a while.
Those who receive a subsequent benefit can receive a substantial supplementary payment this month
The increase in non-statutory unemployment benefits this year is particularly interesting for the latter group, says Anton Bodegraven of the AOb. "It is customary for salary increases to have an effect on the extra-statutory benefits, but in primary education it was a special year with two collective agreements. First the collective agreement that closed the pay gap and then the collective agreement that meant an additional 4,75 percent for everyone."
Pay gap
Because the 'pay gap collective agreement' did not mean the same salary increase for everyone, it was equally difficult to come up with a properly explainable percentage for the non-statutory unemployment benefit, explains Bodegraven. That has become 7,84 percent. "For those who receive a subsequent benefit, this can mean a substantial additional payment this month."
The number of four thousand unemployed people in primary education seems high, in light of the teacher shortage, but according to Bodegraven this is not the case: "It is about 2 percent of the approximately 170 thousand people who are employed in primary education. On average in In the Netherlands, unemployment was 3,7 percent in the third quarter. In fact, since 2018, the Participation Fund has succeeded in guiding about four thousand people with unemployment benefits back to the labor market, according to Bodegraven.
The Education magazine previously wrote the article 'Happy with a new chance' about.
Also see: 'Number of unemployment benefits falls sharply in education'
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