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NL Worker Compass
Bouw & Infra · 2025–2027

Individual budget for Construction & Infrastructure and Time Savings Fund in 2026

What is the individual budget intended for? Distinguish between sustainable employability, days and holiday allowance for construction site and UTA work.

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This is an automatic translation of the Dutch explanation. If in doubt, check the Dutch text and the original collective labor agreement. Read this explanation in Dutch

The short answer

The individual budget in construction consists of money for sustainable employability, certain days and holiday allowance. For construction site employees, payment is made via the Time Savings Fund. For UTA, participation in the fund is a choice; the processing may therefore be different.

Three parts with different purposes

The employability part can, for example, be used to remain healthy and skilled. The part of the day represents the wage value of certain extra-statutory holiday, scheduled and short-term absenteeism days. The holiday allowance part is separate from this. So do not see the total as one unconditional extra bonus that has nothing to do with leave. Check the specification to see how the parts are constructed and paid for.

Why a recorded day is sometimes not paid for again

Bouwend Nederland explains that days whose monetary value has already been paid into the budget upon withdrawal are not paid again in the same way by the employer. For full-time, the arrangement for the part-day period is 18 days for construction site and 13 for UTA; that is not the total annual entitlement to days off. The regular paid holidays and other scheduled days off are next to this.

This is how you check it

  1. Check the construction site or UTA category and participation in the Time Savings Fund.
  2. Split the deposits into employability, days and holiday allowance.
  3. Compare a taken budget day with previous deposits and your leave balance.
Practical example

On your pay slip, a day off does not appear to be paid. If that day is financed from the individual budget, the wage value may have already been paid earlier. Therefore, check both the pay slip and the fund or budget overview before identifying a deficit.

Questions about this CAO

Is the individual budget a thirteenth month?

No. It consists of various components with their own goals, including money for certain days off and holiday allowance.

Is every UTA employee obliged to participate in the Time Savings Fund?

No. UTA employees can choose this. Check how your employer pays out the budget components.

Are 18 or 13 days all my vacation days?

No. These are the days mentioned in the budget part for full-time, not your total leave entitlement.

Do I always pay for mandatory training for my current job myself?

This does not follow from the existence of the employability budget. Bouwend Nederland distinguishes between training for retention of the current position, which is borne by the employer.

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