Remuneration, insurance, reimbursement

Salary, holiday pay and Christmas bonus
In addition to their salary, employees of Utrecht University receive annual holiday pay (8% of gross annual salary) and a Christmas bonus (8.3% of gross annual salary).

Pension
Utrecht University participates in a sound pension scheme provided by ABP. Employees pay roughly one third of pension premiums, the University pays the remaining two-thirds.

Health insurance
OHRA’s collective health insurance provides a solid basic package as well as additional insurance packages against competitive prices. The University also participates in OHRA’s insurance against income reduction as a result of incapacity for work.

Other insurances
Employees are offered attractive discounts on the premiums of a variety of insurances and mortgages. The University has entered into agreements with OHRA as well as with Centraal Beheer Achmea.

Salary saving scheme and life course scheme
Employees may enter into salary saving schemes with Fortis against attractive collective interest rates. To allow for participation in life course schemes, Utrecht University has entered into agreements with both AEGON and Loyalis, giving employees a choice of different life course schemes.  

Commuting expenses
Utrecht University employees receive a discount on their NS railway season tickets purchased for commuting purposes, and on any additional regional/city public transport tickets, if applicable. All employees receive a reimbursement of 6 cent per kilometre, up to a commuting distance not exceeding 25 kilometres per one way trip.

CAO à la Carte (Working Conditions' Individual Options Scheme)
The CAO à la Carte model allows employees to design part of the University’s terms of employment according to their own specific preferences. They may, for instance, offset the purchase of a bicycle for commuting purposes against tax on salary or holiday payments (once every three years). Or they can have their commuting expenses increased up to 19 cent per kilometre, irrespective of the travel distance. Furthermore, employees are given the opportunity to ‘purchase’ additional leave days, to ‘sell back’ leave days or to exchange part of their current leave for an extended period of leave at a later time.