From April 2024, the regional public employees (nurses, SOSUs, health administrators, bioanalysts, social educators, radiographers and midwives) will receive a salary increase, extra parental leave for fathers and the possibility to pool together holidays for a longer vacation. Next year, another salary increase of over 4% is expected.
- The regional governments hope that the new collective agreement will make it easier to recruit much-needed healthcare staff.
- Doctors and other academics working within the regional governments are not covered by the new collective agreement.
- A similar collective agreement has been reached for the 500,000 municipal employees (pedagogues, teachers, elderly care, etc.), with a 4% salary increase from April 2024 and three extra weeks of paternity leave.
