The trade union Vida has negotiated a new collective agreement with religious hospitals which has been approved by 92% of union members. Salaries increase by 8.3% and allowances by 7.9%. The night work allowance for doctors increases to € 20.00 an hour (18.8%) and the Sunday allowance to € 14.00 an hour (20.9%). For non-medical staff the increase in the night and Sunday allowance takes it to € 53.00 (21.5%) for more than four hours, otherwise to € 6.63 an hour (21%). Workers get a sixth week of annual leave from their 43rd rather than 48th birthday and seven weeks from the age of 55 with average working time of 32 hours a week.
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