More wages and higher travel allowance in MBO
As of 1 July 2022, all MBO employees will receive a wage increase of 4,2 percent and a one-off payment of 600 euros gross for a full-time job. The travel allowance will also increase: from 15 cents to 19 cents per kilometer. Older colleagues are given slightly more opportunities to hand in wages in exchange for fewer working hours.
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That is stated the negotiation agreement for a new collective labor agreement in secondary vocational education. AOb-driver Henrik de Moel presents the agreement positively to the supporters. “The pay increase is in line with other sectors and while we realize it won't cover all costs, the travel allowance has improved. I am satisfied with that.” The other educational organizations are now also going to present the agreement to their supporters.
Salary
The new collective labor agreement runs from 1 May 2022 to 1 June 2023. De Moel expects all MBO employees to receive their structural salary increase and the one-off payment of 600 euros gross for a full-time job - the rest in proportion to their employment - in July or August . That depends on how quickly the administration at the institution processes this.
Employees will see the wage increase and one-off payment on their pay slips in July or August
In addition to the wage increase, the travel allowance will increase from 15 euro cents to 19 euro cents per kilometre. “School boards now also reimburse up to a maximum of 50 kilometers for commuting and this goes to 80 kilometers per working day,” says De Moel. “That is good news for colleagues.”
Improving career prospects - and ending up in higher salary scales - is an important theme for both the unions and the MBO Council. The negotiator agreement states that the distinction between institutions in the Randstad and beyond is 'undesirable'. This is because MBO institutions in the Randstad receive money from the Ministry of Education to allow more staff to move up to higher salary scales. De Moel: “We have been lobbying hard for a while to get 90 million euros on a structural basis, so that all schools have the opportunity to do so.” Recently, the unions and the MBO council sent a message about this together a letter to the House of Representatives.
We have been lobbying hard for some time to get 90 million euros structurally to improve career prospects
De Moel: “In this agreement we have once again stipulated that there should be no further decrease in the number of people in the higher salary positions LC and LD. We want to make further agreements, but it is difficult to do that without extra money, because in a collective labor agreement you lay down something for the entire country. Not just for some of the employees. That is why we are working together on this.”
Options
For older colleagues, the new agreement provides an extra option in the context of sustainable employability. It is now the case that employees aged 57 can work half a day (0,1 FTE) less and have to pay 45 percent of that half day themselves. Employees in lower pay scales pay less. If employees are 60 years old, they can still hand in half a day, but they pay it in full themselves. This arrangement will remain, only an extra option will be added. De Moel: “Colleagues who are 62 years old and who have not yet made use of the scheme at the age of 57 can also decide to work one day less (0,2 FTE) and pay 45 percent themselves. Colleagues in lower scales pay 30 percent themselves. Not everyone is the same, some can last longer to work a lot than other colleagues.”
The new agreement provides an extra option for older colleagues
Parental leave
For educational staff who have a child from 1 August 2022, the parental leave will change due to new legislation. They will also receive more paid parental leave, because MBO already had a paid scheme. De Moel: “The parental leave now looks like this: in the first year of the child's life, MBO employees can take 9 weeks of paid parental leave in proportion to their employment. They then hand in 30 percent themselves. It goes up to a maximum UWV daily wage, which you can compare with the end of the LB scale. After that, there is the current scheme of 415 hours of paid parental leave, whereby employees pay 45 percent themselves. All this has no influence on the pension accrual.”
Furthermore, all MBO schools must have a homework arrangement in writing before 1 June 2023 and send it to the unions for the annual consultation. This arrangement must be coordinated with the works council and includes agreements such as the number of days working from home and allowances for work furniture.
All AOb-members will receive a poll by e-mail, so that they can let them know what they think of the agreement. On Wednesday 8 June (between 17.00 pm and 18.00 pm) and on Thursday 9 June (19.30 pm) there will be online information meetings in which De Moel explains the agreements and answers questions. Register via the agenda.
Read the full text of the negotiation agreement.
