Allowances for night work: January 2021

The National Labour Council has adopted a revaluation coefficient of 1.0032, which applies to the additional allowances referred to in Collective Agreement No. 46. These allowances are paid to employees whose contracts are terminated when a permanent return to a day regime is not possible.

Allowances for night work (CBA no. 49)

Workers who are employed under a work scheme normally consisting of work performances between 12 pm and 5 am are granted a special allowance.

This hourly financial allowance is provided for by the collective agreement No 49. The joint committee or the company may set a higher hourly allowance.

Since 01.03.2020 this allowance remains set at € 1.22 per actually worked hour within the limits of the night work regime. This amount will be increased to € 1.46 for workers of 50 years and older. 

Additional allowance (collective agreement No. 46)

A worker of at least 55 years who can justify a professional career of at least 20 years in a work regime with night work (see above), can under certain conditions and provided that a special procedure is satisfied ask to return to the day regime. An employee of at least 50 years of age who meets the same conditions can also request to permanently return to day work for serious medical reasons recognized by the occupational physician.

When his employment contract should be terminated because the employer cannot comply with his request, the employee is entitled to an additional allowance on top of his unemployment benefits during a period of 5 years.

With effect from 1 January 2021, the amount of this allowance will be set at € 152.24 per month.

Source: Collective agreements of 15 December 2020 implementing the collective agreement No. 46 of 23 March 1990 on the accompanying measures for shift work with night shifts and for other forms of work with night shifts.