News item | 05-05-2022 | 12:00
The police unions, Minister Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius of Justice and Security and Chief of Police Henk van Essen have reached a negotiator’s agreement on a new police collective labor agreement. The salaries of police personnel will be increased by an average of 9.5% during the term of the collective labor agreement (from 1 January 2022 to 30 June 2024).
In concrete terms, this means a wage increase of more than 10% for employees in scale 5 in two and a half years. For employees in scale 8, this is a wage increase of approximately 9.5%. For staff in the higher scales, the wage increases by approximately 8.5%. The salary increase consists of the following components: as of January 1, 2022, the monthly salary of all employees will be increased by € 100. This will be followed by a salary increase of 2% as of 1 July 2022, a salary increase of 3% as of 1 January 2023 and a salary increase of another 2% as of 1 January 2024.
In addition to these salary increases, executive police officers (up to and including scale 9) will receive a temporary financial allowance in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 for the aggravating working conditions, including working extra irregular shifts, as a result of the understaffing of the force. This allowance can amount to an amount of € 2,500 per year. In the collective labor agreement, agreements have also been made about vitality and sustainable employability, working differently and mobility, capacity and employability and career prospects. The parties are satisfied with the negotiated agreement. This does justice to all people who work for the police and also to the extra heavy work of executive police officers in an uncertain time. The police unions will submit the negotiator’s agreement to their members from 9 May with a positive advice. Police actions are suspended as of today.
Minister Yeşilgöz-Zegerius of Justice and Security: “There is a good and firm negotiator agreement between the unions, the police and the ministry. Since my appointment as minister, I have spoken to many police officers. Two things struck me: police work demands a lot. Certainly in the past two corona years, but also structurally due to understaffing and the great appeal that society makes on the police. At the same time, I have seen everywhere that police officers have a very big ‘blue’ heart for the work they do. This negotiator’s agreement is therefore more than deserved and, with a term of 2.5 years, also offers security for police officers. Together with the unions and the police force management, I will ensure that the agreements in the agreement are properly implemented.”