Some nurses at the Zaans Medical Center are angry about a bonus that has been paid to some managers without further publicity. The nurses themselves received nothing extra, those involved report The Telegraph.
The works council accidentally found out about the bonus given to managers who worked overtime during the corona crisis. After the discovery, the Works Council raised the alarm with the Board of Directors, but a meeting came to nothing. The council believes that everyone should get a little extra, or no one.
Not a bonus but compensation for overtime
The hospital says in a statement that it understands that “it feels differently”, but that it is a financial compensation for employees who are not paid their overtime. Nursing staff have been paid for the extra hours worked.
“During the corona crisis, the managers worked many extra hours in the evenings and weekends to organize everything and keep everything running smoothly,” says Marian de Vries, member of the Board of Directors of the Zaanse hospital. NOS Radio 1 News. “It is not a bonus, but a bonus according to an existing scheme.” The managers were paid an extra quarter or half a month’s salary, depending on their extra work.
‘Clumsy’
Chairman Anneke Westerlaken of the CNV union calls the bonus for managers in De Telegraaf “inconvenient”. “Every healthcare institution has the right to pay out bonuses, but it is not smart if other employees are still tired out on the ropes. That can lead to tensions in the workplace.”
According to board member De Vries, the bonus scheme was explained at two staff meetings and on the ZMC intranet. The staff got it very well, she says.
The benefit is separate from the 1000 euro bonus that Minister De Jonge promised to all healthcare workers in June. That extra has yet to be paid.
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