Personnel news
On this page, you will find an overview of personnel news for all NWO-I employees.
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Special leave for care tasks made available again in second lockdown
You can make agreements with your line manager about combining work and care tasks during this exceptional period. The guiding principle is that employees will receive paid special leave for the time they devote to care tasks. The special leave...
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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 ensuring...
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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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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...