Lawsuit over compensation for former interim director of Artez University of Applied Sciences
The drawn-out battle over the remuneration of a former interim director at the Artez art university will move to a new arena next year: the Amsterdam court. Confidential documents requested by the Education Magazine with the Government Information Act shed new light on the matter.
Last year, Minister Bussemaker of Education forced former interim director Gerben Eggink and management bureau BoerCroon to jointly repay more than 84 euros to Artez in Arnhem due to an overrun of the Top Income Standards Act (WNT) in 2013, as determined by the Inspectorate. they are contesting that claim against DUO. The court has yet to set a date for the hearing.
Scoop
The recovery was a first for education and received the necessary media attention. Initially, the Education Inspectorate concluded that the legal standard had been exceeded by 154.186 euros. Last fall, she adjusted the amount to 84.463 euros in the final claim. Due to a mistake, the amount was still undercalculated by just under thirty thousand euros, according to memos from the Education Inspectorate. The Inspectorate has decided not to correct the difference 'from the point of view of legal certainty', she said when asked.
It also appears from an email that the then chairman of the supervisory board promised bureau BoerCroon at the beginning of 2014 that he would not recover any money from the bureau and Eggink. This happened after Minister Bussemaker announced an investigation into the possible violation of the legal standard. BoerCroon later cited that email and threatened a civil action against Artez. With a view to the law, the Inspectorate considers this promise 'null and void'.
Administrative crisis
After a management crisis in early 2013, Artez University of Applied Sciences was diligently looking for a temporary director. The supervisory board engaged BoerCroon, of whom one of the supervisors was an associate himself. On February 27, 2013 Artez, BoerCroon and interim director Gerben Eggink signed an agreement for two months. Ultimately, Eggink would not be succeeded until May 2014, by a new interim director of BoerCroon.
In 2013, the agency charged an amount of 1.900 euros per day (ex VAT) to Artez. Eggink in turn invoiced EUR 1.300 per day to BoerCroon. The agreements changed in 2014. Then the agency charged a fixed monthly amount of more than 23 thousand euros (ex. VAT), of which more than 16 thousand went to the interim.
Read the reconstruction and review the confidential documents in the long read: The Artez case.
