The new minimum salary for kindergarten teachers in their first year is now 3,063 Euros, and for assistant staff, it is 2,137 Euros, as agreed by the GPA and vida unions at the Federal Conciliation Office located in the Ministry of Labour, according to a press release.

From January 1st, Salary Increases for Employees in Private Kindergartens

According to Statistics Austria, 42 percent of child daycare centres (toddler groups, kindergartens, after-school care centres) are privately owned and are not operated by municipalities or cities. However, only a portion of the private kindergarten staff is covered by a collective agreement. For all others, the union negotiates a minimum wage tariff at the Federal Conciliation Office each year, with overpayments being rare according to the union.

For the GPA, the current increase is important to make the industry, which is struggling with staff shortages, more attractive. The increase will be particularly noticeable for the assistant staff with their comparatively low incomes, according to vida.

(APA/Red)

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