Netherlands - Highest pay rise in 40 years - December 31, 2023

In the third quarter of 2023, collectively agreed wages per hour (including special payments) rose by 6.2%, which is the highest increase in four decades. Contractual wage costs (i.e., gross wages plus employer contributions) went up by 6.0% in the third quarter. The public sector saw the largest increase in contractual wages, namely 7.6%. Wages at private enterprises and subsidised institutions rose by 6.1% and 5.3%, respectively. The strong increase in collectively agreed wages was a response to the high inflation in 2022.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu.
You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.

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