Today, Friday 8 July 2016, members of RECRON, swimming pools, FNV Recreatie, FNV Publiek Belang, and CNV Vakmensen have approved the new CLA Swimming Pools. The new CLA takes effect from 1 July 2016 and runs until 1 July 2017. The main points are a 1.5% salary increase from 1 October 2016 and more attention for swimming pool employees. This CLA applies to all 10,000 employees in swimming pools.
The members of FNV Recreatie have indicated that they agree with the negotiation result for a new CLA Swimming Pools as of 1 July 2016. In total, 98% of the votes cast were positive.
Johan Bijlsma, union representative FNV Recreatie on the achieved agreement: Based on co-creation, this CLA Swimming Pools has been established, a beautiful process. The craftsmanship of swimming pool employees is recognised by this new CLA with its own identity and good employment conditions for this group of employees.
The main points of the achieved agreement are:
- Duration from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
- From 1 October 2016, wages will be increased by 1.5%. In December 2016, employees who are employed between 1 July and 1 October 2016 will receive a one-time payment of 1.5% of the actual salary they received during this period.
- Agreements on, among other things, safe supervision, craftsmanship, and training of swimming instructors and supervisory staff. Parties want to expand these agreements in the coming years with topics from the Social Agenda, such as the annual hours model, employment and job security in tenders, social plan, vitality, individual choices, minimum training requirements, and a personal life phase budget.
The Social Agenda 2016-2018 associated with the CLA Swimming Pools will be developed by CLA parties in the coming years. The CLA Swimming Pools, for employers and employees covered by this CLA, replaces the CLA recreation that applied to them until 30 June 2016, effective from 1 July 2016.
The staff in the swimming pool sector consists of 71% women and over 25% are younger than 24 years.