Celebrate unions: 4% more salary for 17,700 employees!

Celebrate unions: 4% more salary for 17,700 employees!

Wien, Österreich - After intensive negotiations, the unions GPA and VIDA, together with the association of charitable employers, have negotiated a new collective agreement for 17,700 employees in the non -profit sector in Austria. From January 1, 2025, employees benefit from a salary increase of 4 percent, which affects all collective contract salaries and allowances. This agreement extends to 41 organizations that work in nursing and social work. Alexander Bodmann, Vice President of Caritas Austria, emphasized the importance of this measure for the long -term development of the sector, while Stefan Kraker assured the GPA that the purchasing power of the employees was not only secured, but also strengthened.

advantages for employees

A central point of the new contract is the improvement of the right for part -time employees. Employees who have regularly performed more than an hour above their agreed working hours in the past six months may adapt their weekly hours by half of the average additional performance. This regulation is to be further strengthened from 2025. In addition, a new voluntary reserve service was introduced and the flexibility surcharge was increased. The introduction of an additional salary level for long -time employees is particularly positive, also confirmed by Michaela Guglberger from the Vida union.

In addition to the salary increases, the GPA has achieved improvements in framework law. The large and small flexibility surcharges are raised to 50 euros or 25 euros and the care grant remains as an additional collective agreement. Eva Scherz, chief negotiator of the GPA, said that this success could only be achieved through the strong support of the colleagues in company meetings and rallies. With these measures, the attractiveness of the social economy is increased as an employer, which is of enormous importance in view of the current economic challenges gpa.at reported that ... and kosmo.at confirmed that ... .