Vocational rehabilitation bonus. ▪ Clause 9.2.2 only applies if the first day of sickness absence is before 1 January 2022. ▪ If, during the second year of sickness absence the vocational rehabilitation is successful and the employee starts working again – whether in his or her original job or at a new job in the company or at another company – the original employer will pay this employee a vocational rehabilitation bonus. ▪ Vocational rehabilitation is deemed to be successful if the employee: - works without interruption during at least two consecutive pay periods; and - per pay period earns at least 50% of the contracted fixed wage or the salary he or she earned before he or she went on sick leave. If a period of annual leave falls in the period of two pay periods, this period is extended by the duration of the period of annual leave. ▪ The vocational rehabilitation bonus, which is a one-off payment, amounts to a supplement to bring the employee’s pay up to 100% of his or her original contracted wages or salary over the following period: - return to work with the original employer: from the first day of the second year of sickness absence up to and including the last day of the second pay period of the return to work; - return to work with a different employer: from the first day of the second year of sickness absence up to and including the last day before starting work with the other employer. ▪ Where an employer pays a vocational rehabilitation bonus to an employee, the employer is entitled to receive a vocational rehabilitation bonus via Aanvullingsfonds Bouw & Infra on the condition that the employer meets the requirements set out in the foundation’s vocational rehabilitation regulations. This scheme is part of the Collective agreement on industry-wide schemes for the construction & infrastructure sectors [cao BTER Bouw & Infra].
Vocational rehabilitation bonus. ▪ If, during the second year of sickness absence the vocational rehabilitation is successful and the employee starts working again – whether in his or her original job or at a new job in the company or at another company – the original employer will pay this employee a vocational rehabilitation bonus. ▪ Vocational rehabilitation is deemed to be successful if the employee: - works without interruption during at least two consecutive pay periods; and - per pay period earns at least 50% of the contracted fixed wage or the salary he or she earned before he or she went on sick leave. If a period of annual leave falls in the period of two pay periods, this period is extended by the duration of the period of annual leave. ▪ The vocational rehabilitation bonus, which is a one-off payment, amounts to a supplement to bring the employee’s pay up to 100% of his or her original contracted wages or salary over the following period: - return to work with the original employer: from the first day of the second year of sickness absence up to and including the last day of the second pay period of the return to work; - return to work with a different employer: from the first day of the second year of sickness absence up to and including the last day before starting work with the other employer. ▪ Where an employer pays a vocational rehabilitation bonus to an employee, the employer is entitled to receive a vocational rehabilitation bonus via Aanvullingsfonds Bouw & Infra on the condition that the employer meets the requirements set out in the foundation’s vocational rehabilitation regulations. This scheme is part of the Collective agreement on industry-wide schemes for the construction & infrastructure sectors [cao BTER Bouw & Infra].
