What your salary is comprised of

Your salary may consist of several elements, including terms that do not appear on your payslip, but that have perhaps been agreed in your contract of employment. This depends on where and how you are employed.

The terms of your salary often depend on whether you are covered by a collective agreement or not. If you are employed in the public sector - in municipalities, regions or the state - you are covered by a collective agreement.

If you are employed in the private sector - in a shop, a warehouse or in an office - you may be covered by a collective agreement setting the framework of the composition of your salary.

Your salary may also be ...

Salary is not merely money. In addition to more money, you should consider whether, at the next salary negotiation, you should focus on:

  • higher pension contribution
  • longer vacation and vacation allowance
  • more special vacations
  • more time/more money for education
  • better overtime payment or more time off in lieu of overtime
  • employee shares
  • salary or higher salary during maternity/paternity leave.

Also, a number of employee benefits may come into play, such as:

  • health insurance
  • paid lunch break
  • home pc scheme
  • fitness or other allowance for a fitness and sports membership fee
  • allowance for a dietician, psychomotor therapist, physiotherapist etc.
  • free car, newspaper, telephone or the like paid by the enterprise, but taxable
  • Christmas party , free coffee, soft drinks.

Get ready for you next salary interview