CLA

A CLA in Profit contains a large number of issues regarding the payroll configuration and terms of employment. With regard to the Payroll configuration this may include wage components, calculation bases and parameters. This data is especially important for the calculation of wages in Profit Payroll. With regard to the terms of employment this may include the settings for leave and absence. The terms of employment are important for both Profit Payroll and Profit HR.

Content

  • Description
  • Procedure
  • Also see

Description

The CLAs form the highest configuration level in Profit: the settings that you record in a CLA apply to all linked employers and employees. Per employer, you specify the CLAs that can apply to its employees. An employee can have one (current) CLA.

As an example, in the diagram you can see two CLAs and three employers:

In this structure you would record data at the highest possible level. If you implement a change in a CLA, it also applies to the lower levels (employers and employees). You can deviate from the CLA level settings at lower levels.

Payroll configuration and terms of employment

A CLA always contains a default payroll configuration and one or more terms of employment. The default payroll configuration of Profit CLAs is maintained and supplied by AFAS. A term of employment is a collection which contains predominantly HR-related items such as employment types, leave types and default timetables. Terms of employment are not supplied by AFAS. You have to configure them yourself.

For most organisations, one term of employment is sufficient because items such as leave entitlement, absence rules and the working week are the same for all employees.

If deviating terms of employment apply for various groups of employees, you add extra terms of employment within the CLA. In this situation, you link the employee to the correct CLA and to the applicable term of employment. 

Other issues:

Basis CLA and Profit CLAs

AFAS supports the following types of CLAs:

  • Profit CLAs

    AFAS supports more than 175 Profit CLAs for specific branches. Using a Profit CLA you can process wages in accordance to Dutch law and regulations and you have a specific payroll configuration (covering holiday allowance, pension arrangements, etc.) that applies to your branch. If you are active in the branch concerned, you will usually find that installing the Profit CLA is sufficient. Of course, you can also add your own specific configuration.

    All the available Profit CLAs can be found in the AFAS Profit Update Centre. Here you can also find information about Profit CLAs that will soon be made available. If the Profit CLA for your branch is not yet available, please contact AFAS. If the desired CLA will not be supported in the short term, you can always use the Basis CLA.

  • Basis CLA

    If you are not subject to a specific CLA and you cannot base your payroll arrangements on one of the Profit CLAs, you use the Basis CLA. This only contains the payroll configuration according to Dutch law and regulations. You can also expand the Basis CLA with your own payroll configuration.

CLA Update

The CLAs are regularly updated by the AFAS CLA Management Team. New rules, changed minimum wages, etc. are implemented as quickly as possible. This is why it is important that you regularly update your Basis or Profit CLA by importing a new CLA Update. AFAS recommends that you keep track of any new updates and do not postpone importing the new CLA Updates.

Which CLA for a specific employee type?

  • You process the wages of 'VO' director-employees using the 'ABP Algemeen' Profit CLA.
  • The wages of trainees who do not fall under the sector CLA are processed using the Basis CLA.
  • The wages of employees who are subject to the 'Hellende daken' CLA are processed using the 'Bouwnijverheid' Profit CLA.

Procedure

  • CLA Update
  • Add a CLA
  • Add a term
  • Set up decimal places
  • Delete or block a CLA
  • Check the CLA version
  • Term of employment

Also see

  • Configure a CLA in Payroll
  • Add a CLA to an employer
  • Link a CLA to an employee at the start of employment
  • Link a CLA to an employee with a new contract