Netherlands: assessment of collective bargaining in 2013

In a report of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment an assessment is made of the development of collective bargaining in 2013. It is based on a sample of 100 collective agreements, which apply in total to 5.1 million workers –86% of workers covered by a collective agreement. Therefore, the presented findings are on pay, wage structure, average working time and other working conditions can be seen as representative for the bargaining development in 2013.
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Average gross pay increased in 2013 with 1.5%. Compared with 2012, the average change was 0.1% lower. The disparity in wage development between the public sector and the private sector is obvious. Pay increase in the public sector was 0.6% on average; in the private sector wages increased on average with 1.6%. The highest increase was in transport and communication (2.7%) and the lowest sector level increase was in commerce and hospitality (1.1%). Over a longer period of 10 years (2004-2013) av

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