Are you entitled to a performance review?

At least once a year, a performance review must be conducted by the direct supervisor with the employee. If the works council or staff representation in your company has given permission, your employer is obliged to implement a system for your appraisal interview.

The appraisal interview
During an appraisal interview, your performance is discussed. Without the necessary feedback from your supervisor, it is of course difficult to meet the expectations of the organisation where you work. Therefore, every supervisor must conduct a ‘results and Your career interview’ (formerly appraisal interview) once a year with all their employees. In this interview, agreements are made about your personal Your career.

The performance review
In addition to an appraisal interview, you are entitled to an ‘interim review’ (formerly performance review) once a year. In this interview, the agreements made in the results and Your career interview about your progress and collaboration are discussed. These agreements are evaluated and possibly adjusted.

Staff appraisal
The appraisal period is a calendar year (from January to December). The staff appraisal is linked to a differentiated job year increase. So if you perform well, you receive a higher increase. The job year increase only applies to employees who have a permanent employment contract and have been in their position for at least six months. For this staff appraisal, it is also important that your supervisor has been your supervisor for at least three months. After all, your new supervisor has not yet seen much of your performance.

Insufficient, moderate, good or excellent?
Your appraisal is based on at least three, and a maximum of five objective, company-specific appraisal criteria. You are assessed as insufficient, moderate, good or excellent. The consequences of this appraisal can be found in article 31 of the CLA catering. If you receive a negative appraisal, an action plan is drawn up so that your next appraisal is expected to be positive.

Note: Remember that appraisals are not transferable, for example through a contract takeover. If this is the case, your appraisal effectively starts anew.
And if your supervisor believes that you cannot be appraised, if you have not been appraised when you should have been, or if you have already reached the maximum number of job years, this does not automatically mean that you are not entitled to this increase.