Answer: You can apply for/be recommended for pay increases for performance and results achieved in the period 1 April 2024 - 31 March 2025.
Answer: Agreed pay increases will come into force from 1 April 2025.
Answer: The authority to negotiate cannot be delegated to a level lower than head of department/head of school (Arts)/centre director/deputy director and administration centre manager level.
The managers with the right to negotiate at this level will involve lower-level managers in the preparation for the negotiation meetings.
Answer: Prior to the annual pay negotiations, the senior management team – following discussion in the Main Liaison Committee (HSU) – decides on an overall pay negotiation budget.
The pay negotiation budget for pay negotiations 2024 (the period 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024) is fixed at max 0,5% of the previous year's payroll costs.
The dean and the university director may decide to give departments/schools (Arts)/centres/administration centres and administrative divisions pay negotiation budgets which are lower than 0,5%.
Answer: Yes, pay negotiations cover all employees, including managers.
Answer: Yes. Both the employee's union representative and the immediate supervisor can recommend the employee for a pay increase.
Answer: No, this option is only available to those employees who are entitled to do so in accordance with their collective agreement, i.e.