Everything about the negotiating agreement for secondary education

In the latest negotiating agreement, staff receive 10 percent extra pay and a one-off payment. Secondary education employees are now also reimbursed 17 cents per kilometer. Starters receive better guidance.

Negotiator Jelmer Evers concluded a negotiating agreement with the other unions and the VO council in September 2023. The agreement and therefore the collective labor agreement was reached in October 2023 finally, all supporters then agreed. At the AOb voted 91 percent of the members surveyed agree with the agreement.

Update: on February 5, 2024, the new sample functions for OOP students in secondary education were published. There are new feature sets and functions have been updated. See all sample features.

CLA agreements for training

Every year, ten percent of personnel funding goes towards professionalization in time and money. As a teacher at a secondary school, you are entitled to at least 83 clock hours and you can decide for yourself how those hours are used. Both teachers and educational support staff receive a budget of 600 euros per year for training. Educational assistants are entitled to 43 clock hours. Training ordered by the employer is fully reimbursed in time and money.

More pay

A structural pay increase of 10 percent as of July 1, 2023. This will be on your pay slip in October

One-time bonus

You will receive a one-off payment in November 2023. How much depends on your job scale (not on your step) and is in proportion to your employment. Colleagues in scale 1 to 5 receive 1000 euros gross. Scale 6 to 9 receives 600 euros gross. For scale 10 and higher (LB, LC, etc.) this concerns a payment of 350 euros gross.

Higher travel allowance

The travel allowance increases from 12 to 17 cents per kilometer

Better guidance for starters

Starters are entitled to good guidance for the first three years

More training options open

Oops have more opportunities for good training and can receive an additional 43 hours per year for good training

Fairer agreements with colleagues on participation jobs

They now also receive an end-of-year bonus and holiday pay

Emergency response reimbursement will increase

The emergency response allowance increases to 25 euros per month

"This is an excellent agreement in which we have made good financial agreements."

AOb-director of secondary education Jelmer Evers

The wage increase of 4,75 percent does not compensate for the high inflation. Why wasn't a higher wage increase agreed?: The bargaining space on wages is limited in the public sectors. The cabinet determines the wage margin in the so-called 'salary margin letter'. Each year, an amount is made available in the national budget based on a percentage of the wage costs for the government sectors, such as the police, education, etc. The cabinet only shares the amount of wage margin with the employers. Despite the fact that the unions are not aware of the contents of the letter, we can roughly estimate the size of the annual wage margin offered. For this year, it amounts to just over 3 percent. There has therefore been a lot of negotiation about a higher wage increase.
De AOb has recently started a so-called Wob procedure, in which we want to force the minister to make the (annual) salary space letter public.
Can I also add the 63 hours for workload relief to my senior hours as an employee of 57 years and older?: You must make agreements about this with your manager. As with other spending goals, the agreement of both parties is required. The right to use the 50 clock hours basic budget for the senior scheme remains.
Can I still save up leave?: Yes, the text of the collective labor agreement provides scope for this to be agreed in consultation with the employer. The initiative lies with the employees. A clear plan submitted in advance: sabbatical, informal care, study trip or another goal that fits the stage of life helps with this. The full 90 hours (the 50 hours of personal budget that everyone already had and the 40 extra hours for task lighting from the latest collective labor agreement) can be used for this.
What happens to the extra 63 hours if I cannot use them in the 2022-2023 school year?: The collective labor agreement was not concluded until late, which may put you in a bind. The parties to the collective labor agreement regard the 2022-2023 school year as a transition year, in which the employee has the option of having these extra hours paid out (in whole or in part). For the rest, the old situation still applies to the original 50-hour personal budget.
What can I do with the 600 euros for professional development?: Article 16.5 of the CLA for secondary education states that every teacher and support worker is entitled to 600 euros per school year for 'all forms of' expertise promotion and professionalization. It is good to know that these terms cover a lot and that you have to think further than just professionalisation at school. As an employee, you can determine what you use the budget for. The choice should not be limited to the importance of the position or the school. AObsector manager Herman Molleman gives an example: a mathematics teacher can use this money to subscribe to a pricey scientific magazine with apps and books, for example. The use of the budget is discussed with the manager every year.
What happens to vacation leave in case of illness?: What happens with the holiday leave differs per function.
Job category of management and teachers:
If in a school year (the period from 1 August of one year to 1 August of the next year) you have taken twenty days of holiday leave (part-timers pro rata), the remaining days of leave will lapse.
Job category of teaching support staff
During sick leave, you are entitled to statutory vacation leave (art. 15.3 paragraph 1 of the collective labor agreement-VO) for the period of the last 24 months and to the non-statutory vacation leave (art. 15.3 paragraph 2) for the last 6 months that you are incapacitated for work. If you want to be temporarily exempted from the reintegration obligations during your holiday, you must take holiday leave for this (art. 15.3 paragraph 4 of the CAO-VO).
What is my personal basic allowance in hours and in money with regard to professionalisation?: A teacher is entitled to 83 hours and 600 euros per school year for the promotion of expertise and professionalization activities. Forty clock hours and 600 euros applies to an educational assistant. The basic entitlement in time and money is calculated in proportion to the size of the employment. You can decide for yourself how to use the budget. If you do not make use of the basic right during the school year in which the right was granted, it will lapse.
In the new collective labor agreement 2022-2023 it has been agreed that teachers will receive an extra budget of 16 hours for professional development (when working full-time). This is in addition to the 83 hours. These 16 hours should mainly be spent on basic skills training and curriculum revision.
When am I entitled to a lesson reduction and what does it mean?: As a starting teacher you are entitled to a reduction of your teaching task by 20 percent during the first year and 10 percent during the second year of the appointment.
A starting teacher is understood to mean the employee with a first regular appointment in a teaching position, regardless of the size of the position. The lesson reduction relates to the teaching task laid down in the task policy of the school concerned for a comparable appointment.
What are the rules regarding achieving an anniversary in education?: If you achieve an anniversary in primary, secondary, vocational or higher professional education, you will receive a bonus. This is laid down in the collective labor agreement and therefore applies to all employees. AOb-employee Jelte Klerk of the Information and Advice Center: “For 25 years of service, this concerns half a gross monthly salary plus holiday allowance. At the age of 40 or 50, jubilees receive a full gross monthly salary.”

Read also the whole article about anniversaries in education with crucial tips.

Cao secondary education 2023-2024 1.7 MB

Collective Labor Agreement OMO 2023-2024 1.1 MB

Flyer to CLA article 6.2: Working hours, presence and availability 2 MB

Guide to collective labor agreement article 8.6 secondary education 2022-2023 155 KB

Secondary education task policy 1.3 MB

Everything you need to know about the basic budget 625 KB

Leaflet on medicine provision and medical treatment at a secondary school 362 KB

This collective labor agreement has been settled. But we want more.

Negotiation is give and take. These agreements stand. But we want more. Progression in education must be made easier. And give lecturers more input: they are the heart of the organisation. Do you feel the same way? Also join the AOb.