Flexi-jobs make it possible to earn extra money untaxed as a working or retired person. Only catering establishments and retailers can currently make use of the scheme, but from January the government wants flexi-jobs to be also possible in the agriculture, horticulture, sports, culture, events and care sectors.
Trade unions in the healthcare sector have previously expressed their opposition to the measure. Now the cultural unions follow, who denounce that the measure will be introduced in the midst of a reform of the artist statute.
“The government promised a better status for workers in the cultural sector and is now implementing flexi-jobs,” they jointly complain. “Flexi-jobs mean an endless succession of fixed-term contracts and thus no income security, a gross wage below the sectoral minimum which is already very low in itself, unstable and unpredictable working hours, no double holiday allowance, and so on. While there is a need for stable jobs and longer contracts instead of a further reduction in employment conditions.”
The unions further denounced that the decision was taken “without any consultation”.