Wage increases for all staff in a context of inflationary crisis

On April 25, 2023, the OGBL signed with the management of the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) the renewal of the collective agreement on labor covering the establishment’s 460 or so employees. The collective agreement on labor is subordinate to the framework agreement for the public research sector.

The new agreement covers a three-year period, from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. It brings clear improvements for LIH staff, including financial increases, such as :

• a 0.75% increase in all salaries with the salary for the month following the signing of the agreement, followed by a 1.25% increase in January 2024 (except for post-docs, who will benefit from a specific increase);
• an increase in January 2024 of 10% for PostDoc I and 6% for PostDoc II;
• an increase of up to 5% in the maxima for certain salary levels on the function map, with proportionately higher increases for the lowest salary levels;
• an increase in the face value of meal vouchers from 8.80 euros to 10.80 euros;
• an increase in the minimum gross annual bonus for exceptional performance, from 750 euros to 1000 euros;
• clarifications and updates to the telework charter, which forms an integral part of the collective agreement on labor, and which will be adapted by the joint committee in line with changes in bilateral tax agreements and European social security regulations;
• financial compensation and/or additional days off for staff who have reached or exceeded the maximums of their salary scale: a 0.75% increase every 4 years, and the possibility of receiving either additional days off or a bonus paid according to the results of the annual individual performance evaluation;
• an increase in the training budget of 50,000 euros per year over the next 3 years;
• clarification of the text and involvement of the staff delegation in the process of cross-functional review of individual performance evaluations – the aim being to ensure transparency of the evaluation system;
• the maintenance and continuation of working groups on the analysis of the potential introduction of a supplementary pension, the time-saving account and the reworking of the performance evaluation system.

All other benefits under the old agreement, including the automatic (biennial) salary increase, remain unchanged.

The OGBL appreciates the good social dialogue that took place throughout the negotiations, and welcomes this agreement, which brings real progress to support LIH staff in a context of a severe purchasing power crisis.

Press release by the OGBL’s Education and Science Syndicate (SEW),
April 27, 2023