A group of employees at the student sports centre at TU Eindhoven have been underpaid for years. The university is going to rectify this and is allocating 750,000 euro for this purpose.
Around fifteen permanent employees and ninety on-call workers at the Eindhoven student sports centre have been underpaid for years. This was revealed by an internal audit conducted by the university.
They were wrongfully denied compensation when they worked unusual hours, such as in the evenings or on weekends. It also emerged that the on-call workers, who were mainly students, were receiving too low an hourly wage.
Back pay
They will now receive this back pay, plus interest. TU Eindhoven will allocate around 750,000 euros for this. “We regret this undesirable situation,” says Patrick Groothuis, vice-chairman of the Executive Board.
The university warns that the recovery process may take several months. The institution no longer has the addresses of some former students; this group is being asked to come forward.
Such administrative errors are rare. In 2018, something similar happened at Radboud University Nijmegen. It turned out that a group of foreign employees had been receiving too little end-of-year bonus and holiday pay for years.
HOP, Naomi Bergshoeff
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