Wages - VR union

Wages

VR’s collective wage agreements provide for individually agreed wages, stating: When determining wages between the employer and the employee, the wage shall reflect the employee’s work contribution, competence, educational qualifications and skills, as well as the nature of the job and the responsibility involved.

VR assists members with individual wage agreements and has released a new wage calculator which allows members to view information about the salaries of different jobs. See more here.

According to VR’s collective wage agreements, pay scales are minimum rate.

Pay scales 2022 - 2025

VR and SA

VR and FA

VR and FA wage rates are active working hours, which means that consumption breaks are unpaid, except for dinner in the period between 19:00 and 20:00 and the time in the morning from 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 am

VR would like to inform its members that in the latest wage agreements, a change in holiday leave was negotiated. From May 1, 2024, many will be entitled to accumulate 25 days of holiday or 10.64% holiday pay. Check here for more details to see if you are entitled to increased leave.

Older pay scales

VR and SA

VR and SA wage rates 2021 (Icelandic only)
VR and SA wage rates 2020 (Icelandic only)
VR and SA wage rates 2020 (Icelandic only)
VR and SA wage rates 2019 (Icelandic only)
VR and SA wage rates 2016 (Icelandic only)
VR and SA wage rates 2017 (Icelandic only)
VR and SA wage rates 2018 (Icelandic only)

VR and FA

VR and FA wage rates 2019 (Icelandic only)
VR and FA wage rates 2016 - 2018 (Icelandic only)

Information about wage rates is published subject to error.

Individually agreed wages

When determining wages between the employer and the employee, the wage shall reflect the employee’s work contribution, competence, educational qualifications and skills, as well as the nature of the job and the responsibility involved. Decisions regarding wages must take into account the Gender Equality Act.

If wages at workplaces where the working hours are determined by service time (opening hours) are determined as aggregate wages for the employee’s total work contribution, an estimate of the work contribution on which the aggregate wages are based shall be stated, with the average number of paid hours of overtime work each month or other factors involved in the wage structure, as appropriate. In the event of a change in the employee’s work contribution or in the employee’s job which conceivably changes the basis on which they are engaged, then their wages and wage structure shall be reviewed, taking into account the relevant changes, if either party considers there to be a reason to do so. The employer will in the same manner verify the composition of employee’s overall agreement and demonstrate that the employee’s total pay and conditions are not worse than those provided for in the collective agreement, should the employee so wish.

An employee is entitled to an interview with their superior once a year concerning their job and possible changes in employment terms. If an employee requests an interview, it should be granted within two months, and the results of the interview should be available within one month.