Operating grants: Personnel policy for cultural subsidies

Personnel policy and the joint industrial council  

Personnel policy involves the joint industrial council. A good personnel policy complies with the collective bargaining agreement of the joint industrial council under which your activities fall. This will appear in several places in your application. Here, under the item personnel policy. And in your budget, where you demonstrate that you pay employees and artists correctly.

Personnel policy and … percentages   

Thus correct wages, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement of your joint industrial council or after fair negotiations. More than 50 percent of your subsidies may go to compensation of permanent and freelance staff. And because fair wages are so important: at least 50 percent must go to remuneration. For a fair wage policy you can use the guidelines and tools on Juistisjuist.be. In the meantime a calculator for the visual arts is also available.

Personnel policy and principles & (fair) practices 

Fair wages okay? Then you can already tick off one of the fair practices. And there are other fair principles that you can apply with a strong personnel policy: integrity  and good governance. So also include them in your personnel policy. In this way you show that it’s not just about principles on paper. A fair personnel policy is an integral practice in your organisation.