Private security guards set for 3.4% pay rise next year
Unions and employers have reached a deal on a two-year collective agreement for about 24,000 private security guards, with higher pay, a bigger end-of-year payment and a first internship allowance, but union members still have to approve it.
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Trade unions and the employers' association De Nederlandse Veiligheidsbranche have reached a negotiation result on a new collective labour agreement (cao) for private security guards, union CNV said. It covers roughly 24,000 guards and runs from 28 December 2026 to 1 January 2029.
Why it matters
- Wages rise by 3.4% next year and by the rate of inflation in 2028.
- The end-of-year payment rises from 2% to 5% over the two years.
- Guards will build up pension over all their pay, including allowances and extra hours.
- The travel allowance rises from €0.23 to €0.25 per kilometre.
The result still has to be put to union members. CNV will do so in the coming weeks; if they agree, the cao is final.
"The negotiations took a long time, but the result is good," said CNV negotiator Erik Honkoop. He said guards' purchasing power improves over the next two years.
The cao gets an internship allowance for the first time. BOL interns (vocational students on a school-based track) will receive at least €500 gross per pay period for a full-time internship. For the distance beyond 40 kilometres one way, the travel allowance becomes €0.41 per kilometre.
Guards will get at least 2 hours a year for training to keep their security pass. A pilot with better rosters starts next year; if it succeeds, the arrangements become part of the cao.
The cao parties are also working on one protocol for the whole sector on violence, aggression and unwanted behaviour. It will, as a minimum, require guards to report incidents and to talk about them with a manager or colleague afterwards. Honkoop said aggression is increasing and that guards on the front line are increasingly a "punching bag".
Source: CNV
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