Terms of employment

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Besides a good salary, Saxion also offers you an extensive package of attractive secondary terms of employment. To a large extent this has been recorded in the CAO-HBO (Collective Labour Agreement for Higher Professional Education). One feature of this is, for example, the unique optional model for employment conditions that offers you the possibility to specify and adjust your terms of employment according to your own wishes. In the top ten below we have listed the most attractive terms of employment.

1	A wide range of possibilities for development Saxion wishes to stimulate you as an employee in your development. Not only your... Saxion wishes to stimulate you as an employee in your development. Not only your professional development, but also your personal development. You will make arrangements with your manager concerning the scope of your career development and the corresponding educational programmes. You will receive a personal budget to build a career within Saxion. Saxion Academy Educational programmes, courses, coaching and attending conferences and seminars are important ingredients for lifelong learning. Saxion Academy gives you this option. It is the internal educational centre for all Saxion's employees. A wealth of information is available when you are interested in developing your skills and are curious for the existing educational possibilities.
2	Year-end bonus Saxion provides an attractive extra at the end of a year of hard work. Then, you... Saxion provides an attractive extra at the end of a year of hard work. Then, you will receive 8.3% of your annual salary. That is a full thirteenth month's salary.
3	Flexibility work/private life Saxion supports a good balance between work and private life. After all, suffici... Saxion supports a good balance between work and private life. After all, sufficient energy in private life makes for more energy at work. Here you have a number of choices, which we will explain below: Agreements on working days and working hours In consultation with your manager you decide how long and when you will work. For example, many programmes offer evening courses. As a result, working between 8.30 and 17.00 hours will not be standard procedure, because agreements will be made on a personal level. Build up of extra days leave The standard number of working hours for full time employees (1.0 FTE) is 36. You have the option to work more hours on a weekly basis: 38 or 40 hours. On a yearly basis, you work as many hours as someone who chooses to work 36 hours per week. The advantage of working more hours per week is that you collect additional days leave. With these additional days leave you obtain relatively many days holiday. This makes it possible for you to have (a large part of) the HBO (higher professional education) holiday weeks off. Also, if you are working in part-time employment, you can select this method for acquiring additional days leave.
4	Good pension scheme Working at Saxion means working in the field of higher education. Pension accrua... Working at Saxion means working in the field of higher education. Pension accrual with the Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds (ABP, Dutch Public Servants Superannuation Fund) is a part of this. ABP offers financial security in the event of retirement, disability and death. Retirement from the age of 60 is possible. In the event of your death, your partner receives a pension benefit. Save for additional pension or early retirement Besides the regular pension accrual you have the option to save more. Flexible options are available; you can choose to retire from work early or to receive a higher pension. At Saxion you have the possibility to consult with an ABP consultant several times a year. When you take up employment at Saxion we will extensively inform you about ABP and what measures you yourself can take in this respect.
5	Parental leave? Saxion contributes towards the costs Saxion believes it is important that employees have the possibility to take good... Saxion believes it is important that employees have the possibility to take good care of their children. Saxion offers any employee working more than 0.4 FTE a paid parental leave scheme in two variations. This scheme means that you can opt for a parental leave of 13 weeks (13 times the weekly working hours), in which case Saxion will pay 50% of the parental leave. If you opt for a parental leave of 26 weeks (26 times the weekly working hours), you will receive 25%. Furthermore, we will continue the accrual of your pension entitlements and the basis for your social security (such as reduced pay and benefit received under the Work and Income (capacity for Work) Act will remain unaffected. Saxion also takes care of the payment of the premiums involved, as if no parental leave is taken. Besides the employer's contribution, Saxion also pays the premiums, which you would normally pay for yourself, over the part for which you enjoy leave. In this way Saxion takes care of any concerns you might have, which allows you to return well rested.
6	Fiscal Travel Allowance Scheme More net salary in December!Saxion already has an excellent year-end bonus. In a... More net salary in December! Saxion already has an excellent year-end bonus. In addition to this, you can now also make use of the Fiscal Travel Allowance Scheme. This scheme allows you to make use of the tax allowance in the area of travelling costs. The tax allowance is the difference between the amount your employer will pay to you for commuting costs, and the amount which may be compensated from a fiscal point of view. An amount that you would otherwise have received as a gross amount, may be paid out net under this scheme. This makes for an attractive tax advantage. Model calculation: Let's assume that in any year Saxion pays €1,000 on travel allowance to an employee. From a fiscal point of view, €1,700 is permitted. The tax allowance is therefore €700. This €700 is paid out in the month of December as a net rather than a gross amount. The profit for the employee is the circumstance that no payroll tax and social security contributions are to be paid out over this €700, which most of the time amounts to 40%. The larger the travel distance from home to the workplace, the higher the advantage can be.
7	Sabbatical Taking a break from work. To get new energy and gain experiences. Saxion believe... Taking a break from work. To get new energy and gain experiences. Saxion believes it is important to make this available to employees. There are several ways to take time off and to bear the costs. Consider for example an unpaid leave of absence, taking career leave or using the hours leave accumulated over the years. You can also opt for a combination of several methods.
8	Allowance for removal expenses Do you live in a different region and do you have the intention of moving for yo... Do you live in a different region and do you have the intention of moving for your (new) job with Saxion in Apeldoorn, Deventer or Enschede? If you move your place of residence to where your work is located, you are eligible for an allowance for your moving expenses. You have, in that case, an appointment for, at least, one year and your employment amounts to a minimum of 0.4 FTE. Also, the travel distance from your current place of residence to your new work place amounts to more than one hour by public transport. If you qualify for this, you receive 12% of your annual salary up to a maximum of €5446 and an allowance for removal expenses. This idea is well worth considering! Ask for more information during your introductory meeting.
9	Bicycle and train benefits Saxion's bicycle schemeNot only is cycling healthy, it is also cheap, environmen... Saxion's bicycle scheme Not only is cycling healthy, it is also cheap, environmentally friendly and contributes to the solution of parking problems and traffic jams. Do you live close to your new job and do you like to ride your bicycle? Then the Saxion bicycle scheme might suit you. If you ride your bike to work, Saxion offers you the possibility of partaking in the bicycle scheme by means of a network of bicycle dealers in the region. You select a bicycle of considerable value in their shops. Another option is that you purchase the bicycle yourself and use the attractive tax advantage. This also applies when you travel by public transport and use the bicycle for the trip to the train station.
10	Benefit from group health insurance Saxion has made group insurance arrangements with several health care insurers, ... Saxion has made group insurance arrangements with several health care insurers, which may result in a considerable discount for you. For example, you can take out basic insurance, additional health care insurance and dental insurance. At the beginning of the calendar year you are allowed to transfer to a group health care insurer, even if you have not yet been insured with them.

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