Write down agreements about extras
Nico orally agreed on an allowance with his employer when he started working as an instructor in secondary vocational education. Record such agreements in writing, his story teaches.
Nico thought it was all right: he would start August 2008 with a great job as an instructor in secondary vocational education. And then, using study facilities, he would progress to a teaching position. The school was also not far from his home. The job seemed perfect for Nico. There was a drawback to these plans: the salary was much lower than what another, more distant school promised him. Fortunately, the employer proved willing to bridge the difference in pay via an allowance.
Phasing out
Until Nico's manager made it clear in August 2013 that there was no longer any reason for the school to maintain the allowance. Nico now had a significantly higher salary that was comparable to that of other schools in the area. Nico initially disagreed. Nevertheless, he eventually agreed to phase out the allowance over two years, after which it ended completely in August 2015.
Afterwards Nico got the feeling that he had been neglected.
Afterwards Nico got the feeling that he had been neglected. He resolved the matter with the legal department of the AOb to submit. But he could do little for him. It turned out that Nico had not made proper, written agreements about his allowance. An allowance was also not mentioned in his employment contract. Therefore it was not clear why he was receiving an allowance, how high it would be or how long it would last.
Allowance
The CLA-MBO does have a labor market allowance. A labor market allowance is generally awarded if scarcity on the labor market gives cause to do so and there is a shortage of personnel in the relevant field. This allowance is always entered into for a maximum of one year and of course good agreements are made about this. That was not the case with Nico. In addition, he himself had agreed to end the allowance. It was not a rash decision that he shouldn't have thought about, and it was clear to him what the consequences were. There were no leads for the legal service to persuade the employer to reinstate the allowance.
This section is based on practical experience of AOblawyers
