{"id":195859,"date":"2026-02-04T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/03\/more-pay-for-interns-junior-doctors-and-staff-at-umcs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:32:02","slug":"more-pay-for-interns-junior-doctors-and-staff-at-umcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/04\/more-pay-for-interns-junior-doctors-and-staff-at-umcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay rise for interns, clinical rotations and staff at UMCs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Interns and students doing clinical rotations at university medical centres will receive higher allowances, according to the new collective labour agreement. Employees will also get a pay rise and will be able to repay their student debt tax-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At present, interns at University Medical Centers receive 420 euros per month, but that amount will increase by 80 euros. This is stated in the new collective labour agreement arrangements<\/a> that trade unions and employers are presenting to their members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A different allowance applies to students doing clinical rotations. This will be increased from 120 to 300 euros per month. Different rules apply to internship allowances at non-university hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement also states that staff will see their pay rise by 7 percent over two years. There is, however, a cap: for the higher pay scales there will be no percentage-based increase, but a fixed amount of just over 300 euros gross per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to a salary increase, employees will receive higher pay if they work, for example, on Saturday mornings or on New Year\u2019s Eve. Moreover, the number of leave hours will be increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student debt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new agreement also stipulates that graduates will be given the opportunity to repay their student debt via the so-called work-related costs scheme, meaning they will not have to pay tax on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have been drawing attention for some time to the high student debts with which especially young employees start at UMCs\u201d, says<\/a> CNV negotiator Bart Schnoor. \u201cThe possibility of repaying student debts in a tax-friendly way is very welcome for this group, especially for the so-called unlucky generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new collective labour agreement applies retroactively from 1 January this year until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evasion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last year it emerged that the seven university medical centres (UMCs) did not always comply<\/a> with the collective labour agreement provisions on internship allowances, to the annoyance<\/a> of trade union FNV. Whether this issue was raised during the negotiations is not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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