Trade unions reached an agreement with the Dutch universities. From 1 August 2023 wages will increase by 9%. In addition, there will be a one-off payment of € 1,200 for the minimum wage scale of € 14 an hour and € 800 to € 1,000 for higher wage scales. The share of flexible contracts will be reduced to 13.5%, meaning that 300 temporary contracts will be converted to permanent contracts. The term of the collective agreement is 15 months, from 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2024. More than 63,000 employees are covered by the collective agreement at 14 universities.
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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.
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