New wages for kindergarten workers: Do you bring a breath of fresh air to the system?

New wages for kindergarten workers: Do you bring a breath of fresh air to the system?

A crucial step for remuneration in the education sector: The unions GPA and VIDA have successfully negotiated a new minimum wage tariff for employees in private kindergartens. As of now, kindergarten teachers can look forward to a minimum salary of 3,063 euros in the first year, while assistant forces will receive 2,137 euros, as vienna.at reported.

The increase agreed at the Federal Clearance Office as part of the collective bargaining is 4 percent for the educators and 4.3 percent for the assistant staff. This measure is intended to increase the attractiveness of the industry that is currently fighting with an acute lack of personnel. Christiane Mörth from GPA confirmed that the improvement for the assistant personnel, in which salaries are considered to be low compared to other professional groups href = "https://www.gpa.at/kollective contract/forschung-und-bildung/elementarpaedagogik/Leehne-und-haelter-in-der-kinderbegen-best-um-4-pren-b"> gpa.at

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