The Kommunal municipal workers' union has negotiated a new collective agreement with the Employers' Alliance that covers the non-profit education sector. The agreement is very similar to that negotiated recently in the non-profit health sector. There are flat-rate pay increases to ensure as part of a strategy not to increase the gender pay gap. The increase in 2014 is SEK 500 (€60.5) and SEK 600 (€66) in 2015. Unsocial hours payments increase by 3% and there is an extra month of parental leave.
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New agreement in non-profit education sector
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