Common use of Allowances and Facilities Clause in Contracts

Allowances and Facilities. Article I-1 CERT allowance 1. The employer may assign the employee to the company emergency response team (CERT) as meant in section 15 of the Dutch Employment Conditions Act 1998 (Arbeidsomstandighedenwet 1998, Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1999.184). 2. An employee may only be assigned to CERT of he possesses a valid CERT certificate issued by a licensed CERT institution. 3. Any employee assigned to CERT will receive a monthly allowance for those responsibilities. Article I-2 Bicycle scheme If a bicycle scheme is in place, the employee may utilise the then available tax facilities if he so wishes and if such complies with the employer's scheme. The Parties to the collective employment agreement recommend that the possibilities offered by the optional employment conditions system be used for this purpose. Article I-3 Relocation costs 1. Once during the initial two years, any employee who receives a permanent employment agreement for half a standard employment or more may claim an allowance for furnishing costs equalling 12% of his annual income, subject to a maximum of €5446, and al allowance for all other costs arising directly or indirectly from relocation to the amount of €1589 if and insofar as the employee has a commute of more than one hour by public transport from his place of work when the employment commences and if he then relocates to the place of work. The allowance is for costs actually incurred; as such, the employee must submit receipts. 2. For purposes of the concept of "place of work" as used in item 1, if the employee is stationed at multiple locations of the university, the station where the employee lives or to which he relocates first upon commencement of employment qualifies as the place of work as meant in item 1 of this article. The employee may only claim a relocation allowance if he relocates to the station where he works the majority of his employment and if the allocation of responsibilities across various stations undergoes a major change, unless such is unreasonable. 3. If the employee receives a permanent employment agreement for half a standard employment or less, the employer and employee may agree that item 1 applies, on the understanding that the period during which the employee may claim a relocation allowance may in no instance be more than a total of two years, calculated from the moment at which the right to the allowance comes into existence. 4. The employer and the employee may agree that the employee relocates to outside the place of work. 5. The employer may oblige the employee to repay a proportionate part of the allowance if the employee gives notice on his employment agreement within two years after having relocated.