{"id":108583,"date":"2020-01-29T11:12:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=108583"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:41","slug":"mps-ask-questions-in-lower-house-about-amount-of-overtime-put-in-at-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/01\/29\/mps-ask-questions-in-lower-house-about-amount-of-overtime-put-in-at-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs ask questions in Lower House about amount of overtime put in at universities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reports submitted by over seven hundred university employees to the WOinActie action group show that academic and support staff put in a large amount of unpaid overtime<\/a>. On average, the employees said they work 12 to 15 hours beyond their normal working hours, with all sorts of consequences for their work and private lives. MPs representing two left-wing parties, GroenLinks and the SP, have asked the Minister for Education how she intends to solve this problem.<\/p>\n

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MPs Wim Jan Renkema and Lisa Westerveld (both representing GroenLinks) and Frank Futselaar of the SP presented\u00a0ten questions<\/a> to the Minister for Education, Ingrid van Engelshoven, and the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment, Tamara van Ark. Among other things, the MPs asked the Minister and State Secretary how they feel about academic staff \u2018working themselves to the bone like this\u2019. They also wish to hear more about the causes of these heavy workloads and the \u2018culture in which a large amount of overtime is required\u2019.<\/p>\n

The MPs asked the Minister to implement clearly defined new measures to reduce university employees\u2019 heavy workloads. In addition, they asked the State Secretary to have the Labour Inspectorate conduct an investigation into university employees\u2019 working conditions.<\/p>\n\n\t

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