More than 5 percent wage increase in MBO
Teachers and support staff in MBO receive more than 5 percent pay rise. In addition, they receive three more one-off benefits. Each institution also draws up a plan to reduce the workload. That is the provisional result of the collective labor agreement negotiations.
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The 56 MBO employees will receive a 1 percent wage increase from 2,6 October this year. In June next year, wages will rise by another 2,3 percent. In the negotiation agreement it has also been agreed that the premium for the supplementary benefit in the event of disability, the WGA premium, will be paid in full by the employers. This results in a net wage increase for employees. This means that the structural wage increase up to and including June 2020 is more than five percent.
Employees also receive a one-off payment three times. As of October 1, this benefit is 1 percent of the gross salary, as of January 2019 it is 0,9 percent of the gross salary and as of January 2020 there is a benefit of 1,25 percent of the gross salary.
The total wage increase - in structural and incidental increases combined - thus amounts to more than 8 percent.
Workload
Each MBO institution will make a plan for dealing with the workload. The works council has the right of consent. And starters in MBO receive a 6,25 percent reduction of their standard annual workload every year for two years in order to be able to settle in. For a full-time job, that is one hundred hours per academic year.
Starters in MBO receive a 6,25 percent reduction of their standard annual workload every year for two years in order to be able to settle in
Instructors
In the negotiator result it was also agreed that newly appointed instructors would receive the same arrangements as teachers to meet the legal competence requirements, such as the right to a study plan, a training course, coaching and facilitation in time and budget. This process takes time. That is why the collective labor agreement includes a deviation from the legal chain provision, whereby instructors can receive extended temporary employment contracts. This provision is comparable to the existing provision for new teachers who do not yet meet the competence requirements.
“We had to negotiate for a long time for this result,” says daily driver Tamar van Gelder of the AOb. “We worked on it for a year and a half in total. But we have now taken a good step forward in improving wages. And employers finally agree with us that the workload must be reduced. What I also think is a major benefit is that starters now have decent time to settle in. ”
AObdirector Tamar van Gelder: 'We have made a good step forward in improving wages. And the employers finally agree with us that the workload must be reduced'
Research
A study is also being started into ways to increase the flexibility of institutions and employees. For example, by appointing hybrid teachers (who have another job in addition to their job as a teacher). There will also be an investigation into the job evaluation system.
Finally, employees who become unemployed are given the option to buy off the non-statutory part of their unemployment benefit. Whether the latter is interesting varies from person to person. This depends, for example, on the expected duration of unemployment.
Meetings
The negotiator result will be presented to MBO members in the coming weeks. Read for more details as well the cover letter of the AObnegotiators to the members. You can register soon via the agenda on the AOb-website.
There are four meetings:
- September 19, 16.00 p.m. in Zwolle
- September 19, 19.00 p.m. in Groningen
- September 25, 18.00 p.m. in Utrecht
- September 26, 18.00 p.m. in Eindhoven
An online meeting will also take place on September 25. Information about this will follow. There will also be an internet consultation.
