“Wages officials 1.25% up” – NOS 3

"Wages officials 1.25% up" – NOS 3

View this article on NOS.nl … Monday Sep 22, 2014

The government assumes that salaries in the public sector rose by 1.25 per cent next year. This is evident from answers to parliamentary questions Dijsselbloem minister. The wage increase is as high as the expected inflation.

Last year it was already clear that the baseline for government employees is released. Last week in the Queen’s Speech confirmed that there is an end to the zero after five years. The exact pay rise for civil servants, police officers, teachers, military and other government personnel depends on the collective bargaining.

Dijsselbloem also points out that the purchasing power of civil servants this year even though increasing. The wage

is zero, but partly due to the decline in pension contributions, they are nevertheless two percent improved.

Abvakabo FNV union calls the 1.25 percent a start. “” It is good that the government years of zero breaks. This 1.25 percent is a first step in the right direction. But employees in the public sector in recent years have a disproportionate share of the crisis paid so our wage demand remains 3 percent. ‘”

In the public works one million people. They are divided into sectors, each with their own collective agreements. Negotiations for the civil servants are expected to launch this fall, writes Dijsselbloem.