Employers not using a company salary system must apply the salary scales stated in Article 6.9 in accordance with the salary tables 1.a, 2.a and 3.a.

Employers may choose to convert the appraisal allowance described in Article 6.15 into fixed salary. The conversion can be made by an increase of the job salaries of the employees and the salary scales by 7.5%. In this case, the employers adjusts the salary scales and job salaries according to the salary tables 1.b, 2.b and 3.b in Article 6.9.

The employer may also decide to convert the appraisal allowance into fixed salary by allocation of a fixed allowance of 7.5% of the  job salary for all employees, which is part of the individual job salary of the employee. In this case, the employer continues to apply the salary tables 1.a, 2.a and 3.a in Article 6.9.