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Verena Gerber works in the canton of Bern as a classroom assistant in kindergartens and schools and earns CHF 28 net per hour. However, she can no longer pay the health insurance bills for herself and her daughter because her wages are rarely paid on time. “Payroll has always scared me off,” she says.
She received her wages for early December in March, two months late. Because she’s worried about her job, we changed her name.
“It happens that allowances for class aids are invoiced with a longer delay,” the canton confirms when asked. As a result, several class aids were in “existential distress”. The spokesperson said those affected were given a “bridging measure until the next regular salary payment”.
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It is not clear how many employees are involved. According to the canton, these are isolated cases. But he doesn’t offer everyone a salary advance. Gerber knew nothing about it. The department in charge of human resources never offered this to her over the phone, although she called several times to tell them of her distress.
The canton does not know how many class assistants there are. The Bernese teachers’ union speaks of an increasing number. In view of the teacher shortage, the canton of Bern has expanded classroom support because it is easier to attract staff here.
Everything analog
The reason for the wage chaos is, among other things, the lack of digitization. The hourly notes are manually recorded on paper. Each principal must mail the class helper’s timesheets to the school inspector – and he sends it to the canton. There were several delays due to timesheets coming in late or getting lost. The canton is now testing a digital form. It should become standard in May – from then on all wages should be in the account on the tenth of the following month.
Verena Gerber hopes so too. “I would not have thought it possible that the canton of Bern could pay such late wage payments. The salary is not pocket money for me, I have to pay bills with it.”
Source:Blick
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