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Last updated on 2/17/2020
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Info Salary

Minimum gross wage

Applicable
14.04 EUR to 18.57 EUR per hour

Salary per category

Unskilled

5.61 EUR to 10.52 EUR per hour : 16 to 21 years
14.04 EUR per hour : 22 years and up

Skilled

8.18 EUR to 13.01 EUR per hour : 17 to 21 years
14.85 EUR to 15.79 EUR per hour : 22 years and up

Specialist

12.26 EUR to 16.35 EUR per hour : 18 to 21 years
16.89 EUR to 17.74 EUR per hour : 22 years and up

Foreman

15.72 EUR to 18.57 EUR per hour

Professionals

Info
For blue collar workers, a different salary system is applicable.

Info Working time

Daily

8 hours between 07:00 am – 07:00 pm

Weekly

40 hours

Overtime

12 hours per day (working time + travelling time + breaks)

Breaks

Not paid

Rest

30 minutes (> 5.5 hours of work)
45 minutes (>8 hours of work)
60 minutes (>10 hours of work, 0.5 hour at once)

Info Travel abroad and lodging

Within The Netherlands

Travel allowance

0.32 EUR per km
Info
Travel allowance from the temporary living place to the workplace.

Payment traveling time: first hour a day not paid when driving a car alone or as a passenger. A driver with colleagues gets every traveling hour paid.

Meal allowance

Applicable if a worker cannot drive home every day.
6.65 EUR per day or free meals

Accommodation allowance

Employers pay all costs
Info
Free accommodation when a worker cannot drive home every day.

Subsistence/daily allowance

Working clothes : 0.87 EUR per day
Boots : 0.54 EUR per day
Tools : 0.75 EUR per day
Safety helmets and shoes : free

Info Premiums

Overtime

First 3 hours : 25 % of salary per hour
50 % of salary per hour from monday 05:00 to saturday until 21:00
100 % of salary per hour from saturday 21:00 until monday 05:00 and holidays

Evening work

Allowed : determined at company level, only when there is an agreement with the labour council and 70% of the workers.
From 7:00 pm to 00:00
Monday till Thursday : 30 % of salary
Friday 50 % of salary
Saturday and Sunday 100 % of salary

Night work

Determined at company level, only when there is an agreement with the labour council and 70% of the workers.
From 00:00 to 7:00 am
Monday 100 %
Tuesday till Friday 30 %
Saturday 50 %
Sunday 75 %

Working on Saturdays

Allowed
20 % of salary per hour

Working on Sundays

Allowed
00:00 - 07:00 75 %
07:00 – 24:00 100 %
Info
The construction worker cannot be forced to work on Sundays.

Working on public holidays

work in shifts is only allowed under special circumstances.
100 %

Shift work

Allowed
2 shifts : 10 % of salary per hour
3 shifts : 15 % of salary per hour

Standby pay

Monday till Friday : 13 EUR
Saturday 20 EUR
Sunday and holidays 26 EUR

Annual holidays allowance

8 % of gross salary

13th month

Determined at company level

Additional wage components

4.06 % for sustainable employability

Other

Bad weather conditions

100 %

Working on roads in shifted hours

Between Monday 07:00 and Friday 20:00 : 30 % of salary per hour
Between Friday 20:00 and Saturday 20:00 : 50 % of salary per hour
Between Saturday 20:00 and Sunday 07:00 : 75 % of salary per hour
Between Sunday 07:00 and Monday 07:00 : 100 % of salary per hour

Info Holidays

Number of holidays

20 days legal
5 days by collective agreement
Every worker has 20 extra paid days off (for working 40 hours a week instead of 36 hours a week).

Public holidays

7 days per year
1st January
Easter Monday
27th April
5th May
Whit Monday
25th and 26th December

Info Wage deductions

Social security contributions

27.65 % of gross salary
Not applicable to posted workers

Additional social security insurance

0.17 % of gross salary
Not applicable to posted workers

Income tax

19.45 % up to EUR 34.712 per year
37.5 % up to EUR 68.507 per year
49.5 % over EUR 68.508 per year
Not applicable to posted workers

Additional pension funds

12.35 %

Info Sickness and injuries

Sickness/illness

Year 1 : 100 %
After 1 year 70 % + 100% pension fund

Work injuries/accidents

Year 1 : 100 %
After 4 year 70 % + 100% pension fund

Info Contacts

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This website provides concise information on wages, working conditions and rights of construction workers for all the European Countries in all the European languages. Construction workers can find useful links and contacts of trade unions representatives ready to help and support them in case of need.
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