Personnel news
On this page, you will find an overview of personnel news for all NWO-I employees.
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NWO looks back on successful Pride Event
On Monday 8 May, a successful Pride event for the entire NWO organisation, including the NWO Institutes, was held at SRON in Leiden. The LGBTI+* event had a very good turn-up with over 40 participants, welcomed by SRON's institute's manager...
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Agreement on new implementation regulations 2023 - 2025
In recent months, the Central Works Council’s NWO (COR NWO) negotiating delegates and the employers NWO and NWO-I have been working hard to reach agreement on new implementation regulations (IR). The key subjects were sustainability, inflation,...
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Roll out Implementation Plan 2022-2027 ‘Inclusive and diverse personnel policy at NWO-I’
In October 2022, NWO-I set down an Implementation Plan for an inclusive and diverse personnel policy at NWO-I. The plan targets NWO-I in its entirety and will be rolled out within the organisation in the coming years. That is because NWO/NWO-I...
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NWO hangs out rainbow flag during Coming Out day
Column Léon Ouwerkerk: "Safe work environments don’t just happen, not even with smart people" On 11 October, Coming Out day is celebrated, a day that devotes attention to the moment that lesbian women, gay men,...
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Henk Tamsma is the new Head of P&O at NWO-I
Achieving more with and for each other. The management team of NWO-I has appointed Henk Tamsma as head of P&O at NWO-I. In this role, he will work closely together with the P&O managers of the NWO Institutes and lead the team of...
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Development Operations programme gains momentum
Last June, with the approval of the vision on operations* by the Foundation Board, an important step was taken in the Development Operations NWO-I programme. As described in the...
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Final agreement collective labour agreement 2022-2023
Collective Labor Agreement for a year and a half with a 6 percent salary increase final agreement On 21 July 2022, with 100 percent approval from their respective boards and members, the Employers' Association for Research...
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Negotiations agreement collective labour agreement 2022-2023
The Employers' Association for Research Institutes (WVOI) and employees' organisations FNV, CNV Onderwijs and AOb reached a negotiators' agreement on 5 July 2022 for the new Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutions (CAO-OI). The...
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New personnel system for NWO-I
NWO-I will soon introduce a new personnel system: Youforce. In this system, the NWO-I Office and the nine NWO Institutes will harmonise their P&O work processes, and that will result in a single support system for all organisational...
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New commuting expenses regulation to encourage sustainable travel effective as of 1 July 2022
In accordance with the Implementing Regulations (IR), a new commuting expenses regulation should have become effective on 1 July 2020. This regulation was aimed at encouraging sustainable travel. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, this regulation was not...
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Progress collective labour agreement negotiations
On 16 February 2022, the collective labour agreement (CAO) negotiations started for a new CAO for the research institutions. The parties taking part in the negotiations are the Employers’ Association for Research Institutes (WVOI) of which NWO,...
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NWO-I provides facilities for setting up a home office
NWO and NWO-I have each determined a policy about hybrid working. Hybrid working means that employees can do their work on various locations. The core of the hybrid working policy is that the employer wants employees to be able to work in an optimal...
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How NWO helps colleagues and researchers from Ukraine and Russia
In February, all scientific institutions in the Netherlands denounced the acts of war against Ukraine. At that moment, and in the subsequent weeks, several sanctions and relief measures were announced as well. It has taken a while for all of the...
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Remuneration commuting and working from home expenses remains unchanged
NWO-I has a remuneration scheme for commuting and working from home expenses. This will remain unchanged for the timing being until 1 July 2022. Even if the government decides to cancel the advice to work from home, the remuneration scheme will...
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NWO signs Declaration of Amsterdam during LGBTIQ+ Conference 'Differ(ent) kinds of energy'
Nicolette Ketelaar and Ana Solvelas da Silva (DIFFER) and Léon Ouwerkerk (CWI) about inclusivity On 18 November 2021, the online LGBTIQ+ conference 'Differ(ent) kinds of energy' took place at NWO...
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Submit your declaration for commuting expenses and working 2021 before January 6th 2022
As we approach the end of the year, the salary administration for 2021 will be closed at the beginning of January 2022. We would therefore like to emphasize that reimbursements for homework and travel expenses for December 2021 must be submitted...
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Remuneration commuting and working from home expenses remains unchanged this year
NWO-I has a remuneration scheme for commuting and working from home expenses. This will remain unchanged until at least 1 January 2022. On the ...
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NWO celebrates ... Diversity Day!
Diversity Day is a day of solidarity when we show that a good mix of people in terms of cultural origin, sexual orientation, age, gender, and occupational ability is nothing but positive. Only by making room for difference, we can make the most of...
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New NWO co-determination structure since July
Every employee represented at every level Generally speaking, if changes are made to the way that an organisation is managed, changes may also be needed in the way that co-determination is organised. The appointment of a...
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New Collective Labour Agreement 2021
Salary increase, paternity leave and bereavement leave are important subjects in the new Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutes 2021. The Employers’ Association Research Institutes (WVOI) and the trade unions FNV, CNV Overheid and AOb...
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Update salary payment March 2021, payslip February 2021 and declarations
Since the hack of the NWO network on 13 February it has been difficult for NWO-I payroll to carry out the work. Previously, in an email of 22 February 2021, NWO-I informed all employees about the way NWO-I has paid the salary of February 2021. In...
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NWO-I office accessible again since 15 March
Since Monday 15 March, the NWO-I office is reachable again. Also, the email addresses ending with @nwo.nl will be fully functional again....
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Negotiated agreement CAO 2021
The employers’ organisation WVOI and the trade unions FNV, CNV Overheid and AOb have reached a negotiated agreement about a new Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutes (CAO-OI) for 2021. The agreement covers issues such as salary increase,...
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Declaration tool for commuting expenses and working from home
When there is no fixed travel pattern per week, no fixed reimbursement can be granted. To these employees, reimbursement is made on a claim basis. They can submit their claim through a claim tool. More information about this tool can be found on...
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Special leave for care tasks made available again in second lockdown
Last August, NWO-I announced that from 1 September 2020 onwards, leave for care tasks would once again be granted in...
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P&O highlight: specific leave for particular reasons
As an employee, you want to continue working in a motivated manner throughout your career and in different phases of your life. You are responsible for your development and deployability in this regard. As your employer, NWO-I will support and...
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Reimbursement of home-working expenses during the corona crisis
Following agreements with the COR NWO, NWO-I has decided to reimburse all employees retroactively as of 1 July 2020 for the expenses of working from home during the corona crisis. It involves an amount of € 262 net for this year on the basis of...
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P&O highlight: training and professional development
NWO-I is committed to ensuring that, as an employee, you can work in a qualified and motivated manner throughout your career and in the various phases of your life. Therefore, professional and personal development and training are vital for...
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Make good use of your vacation leave hours
In Chapter 5 'Vacation and leave' of our Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutions (CAO-OI) it is stated that an employee in full-time employment (38 hours) and with a full-time working week (40 hours) receives 338 hours of paid vacation...
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Payment of union contribution & membership through AVOM
NWO-I employees who are members of a union have the option of having their union subscription deducted from their gross salary and the same amount paid out net. The basis for this are the NWO-I Tailor-made Terms of Employment (...
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News from the COR NWO - September 2020
The last news from the NWO Central Works Council (COR NWO) can be found in the ...
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Paternity leave for the partner
With effect from 1 January 2019, the parental leave when a partner gives birth had already been increased. With effect from 1 July 2020, additional parental leave can now be taken....
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Special leave for care responsibilities arranged according to CAO again
From 1 September 2020 onwards, leave for care responsibilities will once again be granted by NWO-I in accordance with the applicable CAO provisions....
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Measures coronavirus
NWO-I closely follows the reports about the corona virus and adopts the government's advice regarding corona. Here are relevant updates that apply to all employees of NWO-I. The effect of these measures may differ locally (i.e. institute/office),...
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Amendments commuting expenses regulation with effect from 1 July 2020
As you know, our Implementation Regulations (IR) contain an amended commuting expenses regulation that will become effective on 1 July 2020. This regulation focuses on encouraging sustainable travel. However, due to the current coronavirus crisis...
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Final CAO agreement
On 6 March the CAO parties converted the CAO negotiators' agreement of 4 February 2020 about the new Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutions 2020 (Cao-OI)...
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New, sustainable Implementing Regulations: travelling by public transport from now on fully reimbursed
NWO, NWO-I and the Central Works Council have reached a final agreement on new Implementing Regulations (IR). Allowances for commuting and business trips will be adjusted to make the organisation more sustainable. From now on, travel by public...
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Negotiators agreement CAO
On 4 February, the employers' organisation WVOI and the trade unions concluded a CAO negotiators agreement. The following arrangements were agreed upon....
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NWO works on gender equality
NWO pursues a diversity policy with emphasis on gender equality. A concrete example was the signing of Gender Equality Plans by four NWO institutes during Physics@Veldhoven on 22 January 2018. The plans describe clear actions and milestones and...
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Final agreement on collective labour agreement (CAO) 2018-2019
Salaries will increase by 2 percent this year and by 2.4 percent in 2019, and it will be possible to temporarily reduce working time. This is stated in the final agreement on the Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutions (CAO-OI)...
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Information about the discontinued surviving dependent's benefit compensation (Anw-compensatie)
Over the past few months, there have been many news items about the discontinuation of the surviving dependent's benefit compensation (Dutch Surviving Dependents Act) that is part of the ABP pension scheme. Below you will find an explanation about...
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Negotiators' Agreement Collective Labour Agreement 2018-2019
On 12 February, the employers, united within the WVOI (NWO, NWO-I and KB), concluded a negotiators' agreement about a new collective labour agreement (CLA) with the employees' organisations, taking effect from 1 January 2018 and with a term of two...