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Constituencies agree with collective labor agreement for higher professional education

De AObrank and file have agreed to the new collective labor agreement in higher professional education. Employers and members of other unions too. This makes the agreement concluded at the end of May final.

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In the new collective labor agreement, a 2,75 percent wage increase has been agreed, plus a one-off payment of 880 euros that the staff will receive this month in their account. That amount is gross and in proportion to the employment.

Unanimous

Nine out of ten AObmembers in higher professional education agreed last week to the new collective labor agreement that runs from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. The XNUMX-person sector council, a delegation of these members, was unanimously positive.

Although the CLA also raised questions, a survey conducted by the AOb held among his college members. The reason is a code of conduct for employers that has been included in the agreement. The rule means that when a higher professional education institution advertises for a new colleague and demands a master's degree, this must now also include a master's position and therefore a 'master's salary' - read: a salary in scale 11 - in return. And not in scale 10, as is often the case in practice.

In our training, eligibility for a higher scale is a matter of arbitrariness

From the comments in the AObsurvey shows that current teachers with a Master's degree, who also perform 'Master's tasks', often do not yet receive the salary that corresponds to their position. 'Eligibility for a higher scale is a matter of arbitrariness in our study programme', one of them shares. 'Teachers are on the same scale for years (...) regardless of effort and qualities.' Another says: 'I feel unheard and even cheated when new teachers are given priority over current teachers.'

Report

Rolf van der Ploeg, AObsector manager for the higher professional education sector, explains that existing staff also have to be placed in scale 11 if they have completed a master's program and are deployed on so-called master's tasks - such as developing education. "That is simply the current system. We know that a number of universities of applied sciences do not apply this principle correctly."

De AOb calls on members concerned to report. Van der Ploeg: “If you think you actually have a scale 11 position, please register the legal service of the AOb. There are lawyers with an understanding of job evaluation." De AOb has already been able to help a number of members to the rightful salary in this way.

Also notable in the responses to the poll is that some members had hoped that the AOb had gotten out more than 2,75 percent over nine months, plus the one-off payment. While others had expected less: 'Great agreement, but it feels a bit strange given the employees laid off by the corona and people who are now experiencing financial difficulties.'